"sheers" in the verb sense
1. 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"
2. sheer
cause to sheer
"She sheered her car around the obstacle"
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