Read the dictionary definition of sheer. All definitions for this word.
1. cause to sheer
1. She sheered her car around the obstacle
2. turn sharply; change direction abruptly
1. The car cut to the left at the intersection
2. The motorbike veered to the right
3. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
1. absolute freedom
2. an absolute dimwit
3. a downright lie
4. out-and-out mayhem
5. an out-and-out lie
6. a rank outsider
7. many right-down vices
8. got the job through sheer persistence
9. sheer stupidity
4. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
1. a bluff headland
2. where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
3. a sheer descent of rock
5. not mixed with extraneous elements
1. plain water
2. sheer wine
3. not an unmixed blessing
6. so thin as to transmit light
1. a hat with a diaphanous veil
2. filmy wings of a moth
3. gauzy clouds of dandelion down
4. gossamer cobwebs
5. sheer silk stockings
6. transparent chiffon
7. vaporous silks
7. directly
1. he fell sheer into the water
8. straight up or down without a break
