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I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.)* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.)2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.)3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.)2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.)II [ʃiə]* * *I [ʃɪə(r)]the sheer impossibility of... — l'assoluta impossibilità di...
by sheer chance; by a sheer accident — per puro caso or pura combinazione
2) (transparent) trasparente3) (precipitous) a picco2. adva picco, a perpendicoloII [ʃɪə(r)] vi* * *sheer (1) /ʃɪə(r)/A a.1 allo stato puro; puro e semplice; vero e proprio; bell'e buono; mero (lett.): sheer selfishness, egoismo puro e semplice; It's sheer folly, è una vera follia; sheer nonsense, una sciocchezza bell'e buona; I made it by sheer luck, ce l'ho fatta proprio per un pelo (o solo per fortuna); sheer impossibility, assoluta impossibilità2 perpendicolare; a picco: a sheer cliff, una scogliera a picco; una falesia; a sheer drop, uno strapiombo; a sheer rock face, una parete a strapiombo3 ( di tessuto o capo di vestiario) sottile; diafano; trasparente: sheer stockings, calze da donna sottilissimeB avv.1 completamente; affatto2 propriosheer (2) /ʃɪə(r)/n.6 (pl.) ► sheerlegs.sheer (3) /ʃɪə(r)/n. [u](to) sheer /ʃɪə(r)/A v. i.1 (naut.) cambiare rotta; invertire la rotta; virare2 (naut.) straorzare; abbattersi: The ship suddenly sheered towards the sandbank, all'improvviso la nave si abbatté al traverso della seccaB v. t.3 ( per estens.) guidare, portare ( un veicolo): I sheered my car around the larger potholes, ho guidato (la macchina) in modo da scansare le buche più grandi● to sheer away (o to sheer off), (naut.) allontanarsi, scostarsi, largare; (fig.) girare alla larga, svicolare ( anche fig.): The boat sheered off to avoid a collision, il battello si è scostato per evitare una collisione; He sheered off so as not to meet me, girò alla larga per non incontrarmi □ to sheer off from sb. [a subject], evitare, scansare q. [un argomento].* * *I 1. [ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure) [boredom, hypocrisy, stupidity] puro2) (utter)2.avverbio [rise, fall] a piccoII [ʃɪə(r)]verbo intransitivo virare, invertire la rotta (anche fig.)
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sheer nonsense — total stupidity, illogical information … English contemporary dictionary
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 — 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
nonsense — n. 1) to speak, talk nonsense 2) to put up with, tolerate nonsense 3) (colloq.) (AE) to cut the nonsense 4) arrant (lit.), complete, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, total, utter nonsense 5) nonsense to + int. (it was sheer nonsense to trust them) … Combinatory dictionary
sheer — I [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings[/ex] 2) unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck[/ex] 3) unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense[/ex] 4) extending down… … From formal English to slang
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
sheer — sheer1 sheerly, adv. sheerness, n. /shear/, adj., sheerer, sheerest, adv., n. adj. 1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock … Universalium
sheer — 1. Perpendicular, steep. Kū pololei, kūnihinihi. Also: kahakō, ku i, kūlono, kūmole, laumania, nienie; lele koa e (poetic). 2. Complete. Loa, maoli. ♦ Sheer nonsense, kohu ole loa … English-Hawaiian dictionary
nonsense — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, arrant (old fashioned), complete, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ Most of his theories are arrant nonsense … Collocations dictionary
Sheer Terror — Infobox musical artist Name = Sheer Terror Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = New York, U.S. Genre = Hardcore punkHatecore(original meaning) Label = Associated acts = Sheer Terror was an influential and long lasting … Wikipedia
sheer — adj. Sheer is used with these nouns: ↑abundance, ↑accident, ↑agony, ↑amazement, ↑annoyance, ↑arrogance, ↑beauty, ↑bliss, ↑boredom, ↑bravado, ↑breadth, ↑ … Collocations dictionary