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1 sheer
• paljas• jyrkkä• silkka• aito• absoluuttinen• puhdas• pystysuora• kohtisuora• mutkitella• pelkkä• selvä• sekoittumaton• läpikuultava• sula• suoraan• äkkijyrkkä• poiketa suunnasta* * *I 1. ʃiə adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.)2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.)3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.)2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.)II ʃiə -
2 drop
• painua• rojahtaa• romahtaa• tipahtaa• tipahdella• tippua• tilkka• tipat• tilkkanen• tiputtaa• tippa• tipauttaa• jättää pois• jättää siihen• jättää sikseen• tyyntyä• tuupertua• hervahtaa• helmi• hervota• hylätä• varista• eliminoida• aleta• alentua• aleneminen• alentaa• vaipua maahan• valahtaa• väheneminen• vähetä• väliverho• vähentyminen• vähentyä• pudottaa• pudota• pudotus• putoaminen• putous• retkahtaa• raueta• tihkua• karamelli• karsiutua• karpalo• kellutin• jäädä• jättää• halveta• halventua• mätkähtäätechnology• läppä• madaltua• suistua• supistuminen• supistua• syöksy• talokaapeli• lakata• lausuaaviation• laskeutua• laskeafinance, business, economy• lasku• langeta• pirahtaa• piipahtaa• pisara• pirauttaa• piraus• poikia• lyyhistyä• luopua• lysähtää* * *drop 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) pisara2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) tilkka3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) lasku4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) pudotus2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) pudottaa2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) pudota3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) luopua, hylätä4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) jättää5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) jättää, tokaista•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out
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sheer — 01. The rock climber was able to go up a [sheer] wall of rock using only the most basic equipment. 02. Drinking and driving is [sheer] stupidity, and it puts others needlessly at risk. 03. The woman was wearing a [sheer] black nightgown with… … Grammatical examples in English
sheer — 1 adjective 1 sheer luck/happiness/stupidity etc luck, happiness etc with no other feeling or quality mixed with it: It was sheer bliss not having to get up. | sheer hypocrisy 2 the sheer weight/size etc of used to emphasize how heavy, big etc… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sheer — [[t]ʃɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] sheerer, sheerest 1) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) You can use sheer to emphasize that a state or situation is complete and does not involve or is not mixed with anything else. His music is sheer delight... Sheer chance quite often plays … English dictionary
drop — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 reduction ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, huge, large, massive ▪ marked, noticeable, significant, substantial … Collocations dictionary
sheer — sheer1 [ʃıə US ʃır] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from Old Norse skArr pure ] 1.) the sheer weight/size etc used to emphasize that something is very heavy, large etc the sheer weight/size etc of ▪ The sheer size of the country makes… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sheer´ness — sheer1 «shihr», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. very thin; almost transparent: »Sheer white curtains hung at the little windows to let in as much light as possible. 2. unmixed with anything else; complete: »sheer nonsense. She fainted from… … Useful english dictionary
drop — [[t]drɒ̱p[/t]] ♦♦ drops, dropping, dropped 1) V ERG If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less. [V prep/adv] Temperatures can drop to freezing at night... [V prep/adv] Once the rate rises it never… … English dictionary
sheer — I adjective 1) the sheer audacity of the plan Syn: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out and out, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, patent, veritable, unmitigated, plain 2) a sheer drop … Thesaurus of popular words
sheer — adjective 1) the sheer audacity of the plan Syn: utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out and out 2) a sheer drop Syn: steep, abrupt, sharp, precipitous … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
drop — I n. fall 1) a sharp; sheer; sudden drop 2) a drop in (a sharp drop in the interest rate) depository 3) a mail drop II v. 1) (A; used without to) ( to write ) drop me a line when you get there 2) (d; intr.) ( to lag ) to drop behind (he dropped… … Combinatory dictionary
drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
