sheer - verb

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly
• cause to sheer

sheer - adjective

• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
• not mixed with extraneous elements
• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
• so thin as to transmit light

sheer - adverb

• straight up or down without a break
• directly

sheer - thesaurus

absolute   bluff   bold   cobwebby   curve   cut   diaphanous   downright   filmy   gauzy   gossamer   perpendicularly   plain   rank   slew   slue   swerve   transparent   trend   unmingled   unmixed   vaporous   vapourous   veer