sheer
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
turn sharply; change direction abruptly
The car cut to the left at the intersection
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
straight up or down without a break
Sense 3 verb
cause to sheer
She sheered her car around the obstacle
Types & categories
- maneuver hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
not mixed with extraneous elements
plain water
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adverb
directly
he fell sheer into the water
Sense 6 adjective
very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
a bluff headland
Related & opposite
- steep similar to
Sense 7 adjective
so thin as to transmit light
a hat with a diaphanous veil
Related & opposite
- cobweb derivation
- plastic film derivation
- netting derivation
- transparentness derivation
- transparency derivation
- thin similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swerve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | yaw |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | curve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | peel off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yaw |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | plainness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | pure |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | steep |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cobweb |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | plastic film |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | netting |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | transparentness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | transparency |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | thin |