Related / Similar Words:
swerve, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut, bluff, bold, plain, unmingled, unmixed, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, transparent, vaporous, cobwebby, perpendicularly Definition: 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";directly; "he fell sheer into the water";straight up or down without a break;
Hyponyms: peel off, yaw Derivational Morphology:
swerve, swerving, veering, course, trend, curve, curved shape, bend, yaw
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