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1 sheer off/away
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2 sheer
adjectivethe sheer insolence of it! — so eine Frechheit!
only by sheer hard work — nur durch harte Arbeit
2) (perpendicular) schroff [Felsen, Abfall]; steil [Felsen, Abfall, Aufstieg]3) (finely woven) hauchfein* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) hauchdünn2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) ausscherenII [ʃiə]- academic.ru/118404/sheer_off_away">sheer off/away* * *sheer1[ʃɪəʳ, AM ʃɪr]I. adjthe \sheer size of the thing takes your breath away schon allein die Größe von dem Ding ist atemberaubend\sheer accident purer Zufall\sheer blather reines Gewäsch\sheer bliss eine wahre Wonne\sheer boredom schiere [o pure] Langeweile\sheer coincidence reiner [o purer] Zufall\sheer despair blanke [o schiere] Verzweiflung\sheer drudgery reine Schinderei\sheer lunacy purer Wahnsinn\sheer misery blankes Elend\sheer nonsense [or rubbish] blanker Unsinn\sheer willpower pure Willenskraft2. (vertical) steil\sheer cliff steile Klippe\sheer drop steiles Gefällesheer2[ʃɪəʳ, AM ʃɪr]vi▪ to \sheer off [or away]1. NAUT abscheren, abgieren2. (avoid) ausweichento \sheer away from an unpleasant topic einem unangenehmen Thema aus dem Weg gehen* * *[ʃɪə(r)]1. adj (+er)by sheer force of personality — aufgrund or auf Grund seiner Persönlichkeit
by sheer hard work —
the sheer impossibility of doing that — die schiere Unmöglichkeit, das zu tun
it was sheer hell — es war die (reinste) Hölle (inf)
there is a sheer drop of 200 feet — es fällt 200 Fuß steil or senkrecht ab
3) cloth etc (hauch)dünn, (hauch)zart2. advsteil, jäh (geh); (= vertically) senkrecht3. vi (NAUT)ausscheren* * *sheer1 [ʃıə(r)]A adj1. bloß, rein, pur, nichts als:by sheer force durch bloße oder nackte Gewalt;he won by sheer luck er gewann nur durch Glück;sheer nonsense reiner oder barer Unsinn;for sheer pleasure nur so zum Vergnügen2. völlig, rein, glatt (Unmöglichkeit etc)3. hauchdünn (Textilien)4. steil, jäh5. rein, unvermischt, purB adv1. völlig, ganz, gänzlich2. senkrecht, steilsheer2 [ʃıə(r)]A s SCHIFFa) Ausscheren nb) Sprung m (Deckerhöhung):sheer hulk Hulk f/m (abgetakeltes Schiff) mit Mastkran;sheer plan Längsriss mB v/ia) abweichen, abgehen (von),b) sich losmachen (von)C v/t SCHIFF abdrängen* * *adjective1) attrib. (mere, absolute) rein; blank [Unsinn, Gewalt]2) (perpendicular) schroff [Felsen, Abfall]; steil [Felsen, Abfall, Aufstieg]3) (finely woven) hauchfein* * *adj.rein adj. -
3 sheer
1) ( utter) bloß, pur, rein, schier;the \sheer size of the thing takes your breath away schon allein die Größe von dem Ding ist atemberaubend;\sheer accident purer Zufall;\sheer blather reines Gewäsch;\sheer bliss eine wahre Wonne;\sheer boredom schiere [o pure] Langeweile;\sheer coincidence reiner [o purer] Zufall;\sheer despair blanke [o schiere] Verzweiflung;\sheer drudgery reine Schinderei;\sheer lunacy purer Wahnsinn;\sheer misery blankes Elend;\sheer willpower pure Willenskraft2) ( vertical) steil;\sheer cliff steile Klippe;\sheer drop steiles Gefälle( diaphanous) durchscheinend adv1) naut abscheren, abgieren2) ( avoid) ausweichen;to \sheer away from an unpleasant topic einem unangenehmen Thema aus dem Weg gehen
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