cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle";
turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right";
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";
not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing";
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";
