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sheer

English

  1. 🔊 not mixed with extraneous elements
    “plain water”
  2. 🔊 very steep
    “a bluff headland”
  3. 🔊 so thin as to transmit light
    “a hat with a diaphanous veil”
  4. 🔊 directly
    “he fell sheer into the water”
  5. 🔊 straight up or down without a break
  6. 🔊 cause to sheer
    “She sheered her car around the obstacle”
  7. 🔊 turn sharply
    “The car cut to the left at the intersection”

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