sheer

verbs

turn sharply; change direction abruptly
"The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer
cause to sheer
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
sheer
is a type of (narrower)
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer

adjectives

complete 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"
absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
not mixed with extraneous elements
"plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed
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"
bluff, bold, sheer
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"
cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous

adverbs

straight up or down without a break
perpendicularly, sheer
directly
"he fell sheer into the water"
sheer