sheer

sheer: I 1. ʃiə adjective
1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) rein (og skjær)

2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) loddrett, stupbratt

3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) flortynn, gjennomsiktig
2. adverb
(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) loddrett
II ʃiə
- sheer off/away

gjennomsiktig
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ren
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skjær

I
subst. \/ʃɪə\/

(sjøfart) spring

sheer fore and aft spring for og akter
II
verb \/ʃɪə\/

(spesielt sjøfart) dreie av, gire

sheer from one's course dreie av fra kursen

sheer off eller sheer away (spesielt sjøfart) dreie, dreie av gi seg i vei

sheer off from someone eller sheer away from someone (hverdagslig) unngå noen, ikke ville ha med noen å gjøre

sheer up alongside løpe opp på langsiden av
III
adj. \/ʃɪə\/

1) ren, pur

2) ren, ren og skjær, absolutt

• that's sheer nonsense

det er det rene sludder

• her actions are a result of sheer envy

handlingene hennes er et resultat av ren og skjær misunnelse

• climbing this mountain is sheer madness

å bestige dette fjellet er rene, skjære galskapen

• it's a sheer impossibility

det er en ren umulighet

3) flortynn, (nesten) gjennomsiktig

• she was wearing a dress of sheer material

hun hadde på seg en kjole av flortynt stoff

4) loddrett, stupbratt

• all he could see in front of him was a sheer rock face

alt han kunne se foran seg, var en stupbratt fjellside

• a sheer drop of 100 metres

et loddrett fall på 100 meter
IV
adv. \/ʃɪə\/

1) stupbratt, loddrett, rett opp, rett ned

• it rises sheer out of the sea

den reiser seg rett opp av havet

2) rett, brått, tvert

• he ran sheer into the wall

han løp rett i veggen

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Synonyms:

Pure, clear / Mere, simple, unmixed, unmingled, down-right, pure, unqualified, unadulterated, clear, utter / Perpendicular, precipitous, Deviate, decline, move aside

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Sheer — Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [1913 Webster] 2. A turn or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — Sheer, a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk?rr; akin to sk[=i]rr, AS. sc[=i]r, OS. sk[=i]ri, MHG. sch[=i]r, G. schier, Dan. sk?r, Sw. sk[ a]r, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. [root]157. See {Shine}, v. i.] 1. Bright; clear; pure;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sheer — may refer to: *Sheer Music, a record label *Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation *Sheer (textile), for sheer textiles and fabrics *Sheer is a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture.ee also*Shear *Shere… … Wikipedia
Sheer — Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See {Shear}.] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sheer — sheer; sheer·ly; sheer·ness; tab·a·sheer; … English syllables
sheer — sheer1 [shir] vi. [var. of SHEAR, prob. infl. by Du or LowG scheren, to cut, deviate, warp away] to turn aside sharply from a course; swerve vt. to cause to sheer n. 1. a sudden change of course; abrupt turn; swerve 2. the oblique heading or… … English World dictionary
Sheer — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gordy Sheer (* 1971), US amerikanischer Rennrodler Ireen Sheer (* 1949), deutsch britische Schlagersängerin Siehe auch: Scheer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsk … Deutsch Wikipedia
sheer — c.1200, exempt, free from guilt, later schiere thin, sparse (c.1400), from O.E. scir bright, clear, influenced by O.N. cognate scær bright, clean, pure, from P.Gmc. *skairijaz (Cf. O.S. skiri, O.Fris. skire, Ger. schier, Goth. skeirs clean, pure… … Etymology dictionary
sheer — [adj1] abrupt, steep arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright; concepts 490,581 Ant. moderate, slow sheer [adj2] utter, absolute altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright,… … New thesaurus
sheer — Ⅰ. sheer [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) nothing but; absolute: sheer hard work. 2) (of a cliff, wall, etc.) perpendicular or nearly so. 3) (of a fabric) very thin. ► ADVERB ▪ perpendicularly. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
Sheer — Sheer, adv. Clean; quite; at once. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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