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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) gluži nejauši2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) stāvs; kraujš3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) plāns2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) stāvus; kraujiII [ʃiə]* * *novirzīšanās no kursa; novirzīties no kursa; galīgs, pilnīgs; caurspīdīgs, plāns; neatšķaidīts; statenisks, stāvs; pavisam, pilnīgi; stateniski -
2 sheer alcohol
tīrs spirts -
3 sheer cliff
krauja klints -
4 sheer nonsense
tīrie nieki -
5 sheer stockings
plānas zeķes -
6 sheer waste of time
veltīga laika šķiešana -
7 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) nogriezties; novirzīties [] -
8 from sheer habit
tikai aiz paraduma -
9 it's a sheer impossibility
tas ir pilnīgi neiespējams -
10 out of sheer necessity
nepieciešamības spiests -
11 term it sheer nonsense
tās taču ir tīrās blēņas -
12 application
[æpli-]1) (a formal request; an act of applying: several applications for the new job; The syllabus can be obtained on application to the headmaster.) iesniegums; lūgums2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) uzcītība; centība3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) (zāļu) lietošana; uzlikšana* * *iesniegums, lūgums; lietošana; izlietošana; uzlikšana; zāļu šķīdums, komprese; uzcītība, centība -
13 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) piliens2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) pilīte3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pazemināšanās; krišanās4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) stāvs kritums2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (nejauši) nomest2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) []krist3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) atmest (paradumu, nodomu); pamest (draugu)4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) izlaist; izsēdināt (no transporta līdzekļa)5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) uzrakstīt zīmīti•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *piliens; malks; auskars, kareklis; dražeja; krišanās, pazemināšanās; nomestais; sprauga; kukulis; pamests bērns; pilēt; krist; nokrist; pazemināties, kristies; nomest; iemest, izmest; izbeigt; atmest; pazemināt nodurt; izsēdināt; izlaist; nogāzt gar zemi, notriekt; nolaist valdziņu; priekšlaicīgi atnesties; izslēgt no; paspēlēt; atlaist -
14 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) rijība; mantkārība- greedy- greedily
- greediness* * *mantkārība, alkatība; ēdelība, rijība -
15 slavery
1) (the state of being a slave.) verdzība2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) verdzība; verdzības iekārta3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) vergošana* * *verdzība -
16 by dint of
(by means of: He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.) ar kaut kā palīdzību
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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
