Verbs

(v)swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutturn sharply; change direction abruptly“The car cut to the left at the intersection”, “The motorbike veered to the right”
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(v)sheercause to sheer“She sheered her car around the obstacle”
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Adjectives

(s)absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheercomplete 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”
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(s)plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixednot mixed with extraneous elements“plain water”, “sheer wine”, “not an unmixed blessing”
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(s)bluff, bold, sheervery steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front“a bluff headland”, “where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise”, “a sheer descent of rock”
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(s)diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebbyso 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”
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Adverbs

(r)sheer, perpendicularlystraight up or down without a break
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(r)sheercompletely and at once“he fell sheer into the water”
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