Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
S: (v) sheer (cause to sheer) "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
Adjective
S: (adj) absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer (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"
S: (adj) plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed (not mixed with extraneous elements) "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
S: (adj) bluff, bold, sheer (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"