sheer
     adj 1: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes
            used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom";
            "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out
            mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider";
            "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
            persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: {absolute}, {downright},
             {out-and-out(a)}, {rank(a)}, {right-down}, {sheer(a)}]
     2: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
        wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: {plain}, {unmingled},
         {unmixed}]
     3: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a
        bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England
        rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: {bluff}, {bold}]
     4: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
        veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion
        down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings";
        "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: {diaphanous},
         {filmy}, {gauzy}, {gossamer}, {see-through}, {transparent},
         {vaporous}, {cobwebby}]
     adv 1: straight up or down without a break [syn: {perpendicularly}]
     2: directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
     v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the
          left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
          right" [syn: {swerve}, {curve}, {trend}, {veer}, {slue},
           {slew}, {cut}]
     2: cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
Source: WordNet® 2.0