Synonyms: sheer
Definition: cause to sheer
Usage: She sheered her car around the obstacle
Similar words: direct, steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, channelise, channelize, guide, head
Definition: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, veer, trend, swerve
Definition: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Usage: The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right
Similar words: turn
Definition: change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
Usage: Turn towards me; The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face; She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs
Synonyms: absolute, out-and-out, sheer, rank, right-down, downright
Definition: complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Usage: 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
Similar words: complete
Definition: having every necessary or normal part or component or step
Usage: a complete meal; a complete wardrobe; a complete set of the Britannica; a complete set of china; a complete defeat; a complete accounting
Definition: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Usage: a bluff headland; where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise; a sheer descent of rock
Similar words: steep
Definition: having a sharp inclination
Usage: the steep attic stairs; steep cliffs
Synonyms: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
Definition: not mixed with extraneous elements
Usage: plain water; sheer wine; not an unmixed blessing
Similar words: pure
Definition: free of extraneous elements of any kind
Usage: pure air and water; pure gold; pure primary colors; the violin's pure and lovely song; pure tones; pure oxygen
Synonyms: diaphanous, gossamer, vaporous, vapourous, transparent, cobwebby, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, see-through, sheer
Definition: so thin as to transmit light
Usage: 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
Similar words: thin
Definition: of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
Usage: thin wire; a thin chiffon blouse; a thin book; a thin layer of paint