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1 sheer
csellengés, átlátszó, fedélzetívelés, fedélzetív to sheer: útiránytól jobbra-balra kileng, cselleng* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) puszta erő, abszolút2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) meredek3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) áttetsző2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) függőlegesenII [ʃiə] -
2 drop
leesés, hanyatlás, felvonásvégi függöny, csapóajtó to drop: összeesik, elesik, borjazik, ellik, cseppent, ejt* * *[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) csepp v. csöpp2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) csepp v. csöpp3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) csökkenés4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) esés2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) (le)ejt2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) leesik3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) felad (vmit), elejt (vkit, vmit)4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) letesz5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) ír (pár sort)•- 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
