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1 sheer
I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) číry, úplný2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) strmý3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) tenučký2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) priamo (z), rovno (z)II [ʃiə]* * *• vyhnút sa• vyložený• zakrivenie boku lode• sedlovitost• schádzat z kurzu• strmo• strmý• úplný• úplne• tenký• úchylka• priesvitná tkanina• priesvitné šaty• príkro• priesvitný• priesvitná látka• príkry• priesvitný odev• priamo• jemný• hotový• bokorys• celkom• absolútny• cistý• círy• rovno• púhy• poloha lodi• kolmo nahor• kolmý• lodný žeriav• kolmo dolu• nárys• naprostý• obíst• odbocit• odbiehat• odchýlka• odchylovat sa od kurzu• odbocovat• odklánat sa• nic než -
2 sheer away
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3 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) odchýliť sa -
4 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.) žiadosť2) (hard work: He has got a good job through sheer application.) snaha, úsilie3) (an ointment etc applied to a cut, wound etc.) priloženie* * *• žiadost• upotrebenie• aplikácia• používanie• použitie -
5 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) kvapka2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) troška3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) pokles4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) spád2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) vypadnúť2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) spadnúť3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) opustiť, zanechať4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) vysadiť5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) naznačiť•- droplet- droppings
- drop-out
- drop a brick / drop a clanger
- drop back
- drop by
- drop in
- drop off
- drop out* * *• utrúsit poznámku• vývod• zahodit• zaskocit• upustit• úbytok• prestat• klesnút• padnút• padat• pokles• kvapka• navštívit• napísat pár riadkov• odhodit -
6 greed
[ɡri:d](a (too) great desire for food, money etc: Eating five cakes is just sheer greed.) nenásytnosť, pažravosť- greedy- greedily
- greediness* * *• hltavost• hrabivost• lakomost -
7 slavery
1) (the state of being a slave.) otroctvo2) (the system of ownership of slaves.) otrokárstvo3) (very hard and badly-paid work: Her job is sheer slavery.) otročina* * *• slintajúci• hrdlacina• otrocina• otrokárstvo• otroctvo• poslintaný• poroba -
8 by dint of
(by means of: He succeeded by dint of sheer hard work.) pomocou
См. также в других словарях:
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
