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81 sheer
1. n мор. резкое отклонение от курса; рыскание2. n мор. кривизна борта, продольная погибь3. v мор. резко отклониться от курса; рыскать4. v мор. иметь погибь5. a настоящий, сущий; абсолютный, полнейший6. a единственный; только один7. a неразведённый, чистый8. a лёгкий, прозрачныйsheer stockings — чулки «паутинка»
9. a отвесный, перпендикулярный10. adv прямо, отвесно11. adv совершенно, абсолютноСинонимический ряд:1. steep (adj.) abrupt; arduous; bold; perpendicular; precipitate; precipitous; sharp; sideling; steep; steepdown; steep-to; steep-up; vertical2. total (adj.) absolute; all-out; altogether; arrant; complete; consummate; downright; mere; out-and-out; outright; perfect; plain; pure; pure and simple; simple; thorough; thoroughgoing; total; unadulterated; unalloyed; unbounded; undiluted; unequivocal; unmitigated; unmixed; unqualified; unrelieved3. transparent (adj.) aerial; airy; delicate; diaphanous; ethereal; filmy; fine; flimsy; gauzy; gossamer; lacey; slight; thin; tiffany; transparent; vaporous4. utter (adj.) all-fired; black; blamed; blank; blankety-blank; blasted; bleeding; blessed; blighted; blinding; blithering; blue; confounded; crashing; dad-blamed; dad-blasted; dad-burned; damned; dang; darn; dashed; deuced; doggone; double-distilled; durn; utter5. chiffon (noun) chiffon; voile6. swerve (verb) cut; deviate; dip; skew; slue; swerve; train off; veer; yaw7. turn (verb) avert; deflect; divert; pivot; redirect; re-route; shift; swing; turn; volte-face; wheel; whip; whirl8. totally (other) completely; entirely; quite; totallyАнтонимический ряд:mixed; modified; opaque; partial; qualified; sloping -
82 tiffany
1. n текст. шёлковый газ, флёр2. n вещь, сделанная из шёлкового газаСинонимический ряд:sheer (adj.) diaphanous; filmy; flimsy; gauzy; gossamer; sheer; transparent -
83 transparent
1. a прозрачный, просвечивающий2. a проницаемый3. a явный, очевидный4. a откровенный5. a открытый, честный6. a ясный, понятныйa writer with a transparent style — писатель, обладающий ясным стилем
7. a неглубокий, несложный8. a арх. пронизывающийСинонимический ряд:1. clear (adj.) aerial; airy; cellophane; clear; clear-cut; crystal; crystal-clear; crystalline; diaphanous; ethereal; filmy; flimsy; gauzy; gossamer; limpid; lucent; lucid; luculent; luminous; pellucid; perspicuous; see-through; sheer; tiffany; tralucent; translucent; translucid; transpicuous; unambiguous; unblurred; vaporous; vitreous2. frank (adj.) candid; frank; genuine; guileless; honest; ingenuous; open3. lucid (adj.) lucid; pellucid4. obvious (adj.) apparent; distinct; evident; manifest; obvious; plain; unmistakableАнтонимический ряд:dubious; hidden; muddy; murky; mysterious; opaque; questionable; thick; turbid; vague -
84 vaporous
1. a парообразный2. a быстро испаряющийся, улетучивающийся3. a туманный; наполненный парамиvaporous atmosphere — воздух, насыщенный влагой
4. a воздушный, прозрачный5. a редк. нереальный, пустой6. a туманный, неясныйСинонимический ряд:1. dim (adj.) bleary; cloudy; dim; faint; foggy; fuzzy; hazy; indefinite; indistinct; misty; mushy; obscure; shadowy; unclear; vague2. evaporating quickly (adj.) effervescent; evaporating quickly; expansive; explosive; volatile3. gaseous (adj.) aerial; airy; ethereal; exhalent; gaseous; miasmic; smoggy; vapory4. sheer (adj.) diaphanous; filmy; gauzy; gossamer; sheer; transparent -
85 Cyprus Crepe
Light, sheer black crepe used for mourning during the times of the Tudors. Very thin and gauzy, fabricated in the island of Cyprus, and imported from there. -
86 Flouncing
A flimsy light gauzy material gathered or pleated at one edge which is sewn to the garment. The other edge is quite loose.
См. также в других словарях:
Gauzy — Gauz y, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, gauze; thin and slight as gauze. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gauzy — 1796, from GAUZE (Cf. gauze) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Gauziness … Etymology dictionary
gauzy — [adj] see through, gossamer in texture delicate, diaphanous, filmy, flimsy, insubstantial, light, lucid, pellucid, sheer, thin, tiffany, translucent, transparent; concept 606 Ant. cloudy, foggy, heavy, obscured, opaque, thick … New thesaurus
gauzy — [gô′zē] adj. gauzier, gauziest thin, light, and transparent, like gauze; diaphanous gauzily adv. gauziness n … English World dictionary
gauzy — adjective (gauzier; est) Date: 1760 1. made of or resembling gauze < gauzy wings > 2. marked by vagueness, elusiveness, or fuzziness < his gauzy memory of the events > < a gauzy melody > 3. tending to be or make romantic < gauzy opt … New Collegiate Dictionary
gauzy — [[t]gɔ͟ːzi[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Gauzy material is light, soft, and thin, so that you can see through it. ...thin, gauzy curtains stirred by a breeze. Syn: filmy … English dictionary
gauzy — gauze ► NOUN 1) a thin transparent fabric. 2) Medicine thin, loosely woven cloth used for dressing and swabbing wounds. 3) (also wire gauze) a very fine wire mesh. DERIVATIVES gauzy adjective. ORIGIN French gaze … English terms dictionary
gauzy — gauzily, adv. gauziness, n. /gaw zee/, adj., gauzier, gauziest. like gauze; transparently thin and light. [1790 1800; GAUZE + Y1] * * * … Universalium
gauzy — adjective a) having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy b) figuratively light, giving the effect of haze … Wiktionary
gauzy — Synonyms and related words: airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine drawn, fine grained, finespun,… … Moby Thesaurus
gauzy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. filmy, light, transparent, diaphanous; see sheer 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. sheer, diaphanous, *see through, transparent, gossamer, filmy, hazy, unsubstantial, translucent. ANT.: opaque, heavy, thick III… … English dictionary for students