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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) puro2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) a pique3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) transparente2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) a piqueII [ʃiə]* * *sheer1[ʃiə] n 1 Naut mudança de rumo, desvio do curso. 2 inclinação, curvatura do convés. • vt+vi desviar, virar, mudar de rumo. • adj perpendicular, íngreme, abrupto. • adv 1 completamente, totalmente. 2 de modo íngreme, perpendicularmente. sheer legs Naut guindaste de mastro. to sheer off Naut andar mais largo.————————sheer2[ʃiə] adj 1 fino, transparente, diáfano. 2 puro, completo, absoluto. -
2 sheer
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3 sheer
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4 sheer legs
sheer legsNaut guindaste de mastro. -
5 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) virar -
6 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) desviar -
7 plank-sheer
plank-sheer[pl'æŋk ʃiə] n Naut tabica. -
8 to sheer off
to sheer offNaut andar mais largo. -
9 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.) requerimento2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) esforço3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) aplicação* * *ap.pli.ca.tion[æplik'eiʃən] n 1 aplicação, utilização, emprego, uso. 2 tratamento, curativo, administração. 3 alusão, pertinência. 4 instrumento, dispositivo, mecanismo. 5 aplicabilidade. 6 pedido, solicitação. 7 requerimento, petição. 8 atenção, dedicação, diligência. 9 Comp aplicativo: qualquer software que use os recursos básicos da máquina para realizar uma tarefa específica como, por exemplo, editar textos, montar gráficos. for outward application para uso externo. to make an application to someone a) dirigir uma petição a alguém. b) candidatar-se. -
10 by dint of
(by means of: He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.) à força de* * *by dint ofpor meio de, à força de. -
11 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) queda2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *[drɔp] n 1 gota, pingo. 2 qualquer coisa que tem forma de gota. 3 pendente, brinco, penduricalho, pingente, berloque. 4 pano de teatro. 5 queda, declive, descida, declínio. 6 dose, gole, trago. 7 partezinha, porção ínfima, bocado, pequena quantidade de líquido ou de qualquer outra coisa. 8 altura entre dois níveis, desnível. 9 descida de pára-quedas. 10 Amer ponto central de distribuição. 11 fenda por onde se colocam cartas, etc. 12 n pl gotas medicinais. 13 n pl várias espécies de balas confeitadas ou pastilhas. • vt+vi (ps, pp dropped) 1 pingar, gotejar, cair ou deixar cair gota a gota, destilar. 2 deixar cair alguma coisa, cair, pôr, colocar, deixar cair repentinamente. 3 desprender-se, soltar. 4 diminuir, baixar. 5 descer, deixar descer dum carro, etc. 6 renunciar a, desistir de, deixar, descontinuar, pôr fim a, largar, suspender, cessar, acalmar (o vento). 7 deixar escapar uma palavra, insinuar de passagem. 8 cair, chegar inesperadamente, entrar ou visitar casualmente. 9 escrever umas linhas. 10 coll perder. 11 perder terreno, recuar. 12 derrubar com um soco ou um tiro. 13 deixar de fora, suprimir. 14 sl consumir drogas por via oral. 15 dar cria. a drop in prices uma queda dos preços. a drop in the bucket uma gota de água no oceano. at the drop of a hat ao primeiro sinal, imediatamente. by drops gota a gota. drop dead! vá para o inferno! drop it! pare com isso! let’s drop it vamos esquecer esse assunto. to drop across encontrar por acaso. to drop a hint insinuar casualmente. to drop a line escrever umas linhas. to drop an acquaintance descontinuar o contato com alguém, cortar relações. to drop asleep cair no sono, adormecer. to drop astern Naut ir para trás, ficar para trás a fim de dar passagem a outro navio. to drop a subject mudar de assunto. to drop away afastar-se, diminuir gradualmente. to drop a word deixar escapar uma palavra. to drop behind 1 ficar atrás. 2 atrasar (pagamento). to drop bombs lançar bombas. to drop dead cair morto. to drop down Naut navegar rio abaixo. to drop everything abandonar tudo. to drop in/ over aparecer sem avisar, fazer uma visita informal. to drop into gear engrenar. to drop off 1 diminuir, cair. 2 coll partir, desaparecer. 3 adormecer. to drop out desligar-se, cair fora, deixar de freqüentar. to drop short não conseguir o seu intento. to drop the curtain descer o pano de boca. to get/ have the drop on 1 ter sob a mira do revólver. 2 levar a melhor, ficar em melhor posição. to have a drop too much ficar embriagado, beber demais. -
12 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) cobiça- greedy- greedily
- greediness* * *[gri:d] n ganância, avidez, voracidade, avareza. -
13 slavery
1) (the state of being a slave.) escravatura2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) escravatura3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) escravatura* * *slav.er.y[sl'eivəri] n 1 escravidão. 2 trabalho duro, pesado. -
14 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.) requerimento2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) aplicação3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) aplicação -
15 by dint of
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16 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) gota2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) gota3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) queda4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) declive2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) deixar cair2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) cair3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonar4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) deixar, largar5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) escrever, rabiscar•- droplet- droppings - drop-out - drop a brick / drop a clanger - drop back - drop by - drop in - drop off - drop out -
17 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) ganância, gula- greedy- greedily - greediness -
18 slavery
1) (the state of being a slave.) escravatura2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) escravatura3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) escravidão
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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
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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
