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1. ʃiə adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) puro, absoluto2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) vertical, escarpado3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) muy fino
2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) verticalmente, en picado
II ʃiəsheer adj verticaltr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (total, utter) total, absoluto,-a, puro,-a3 (stockings etc) muy fino,-a————————tr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]1 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL desviarse (away/off, -)sheer ['ʃɪr] adv1) completely: completamente, totalmente2) vertically: verticalmentesheer adj1) transparent: vaporoso, transparente2) absolute, utter: puroby sheer luck: por pura suerte3) steep: escarpado, verticaladj.• completo, -a adj.• consumado, -a adj.• diáfano, -a adj.• escarpado, -a adj.• fino, -a adj.• ligero, -a adj.• puro, -a adj.• tajado, -a adj.adv.• completamente adv.n.• desviación s.f.
I ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)1) (pure, absolute) (as intensifier) puroit's sheer nonsense to suggest that... — es un verdadero disparate decir que...
3) ( fine) <stockings/nylon/fabric> muy fino, transparente
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I [ʃɪǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar sheerer) (superl sheerest)1) (=absolute) puro, absolutoby sheer accident, by sheer chance — de pura casualidad
the sheer impossibility of... — la total imposibilidad de...
See:PURE in pure2) (=transparent) transparente, fino3) (=precipitous) escarpado2.ADV
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[ʃɪǝ(r)]VIto sheer away from a topic — desviarse de un tema, evitar hablar de un tema
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I [ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)]1) (pure, absolute) (as intensifier) puroit's sheer nonsense to suggest that... — es un verdadero disparate decir que...
3) ( fine) <stockings/nylon/fabric> muy fino, transparente
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adj.1 puro(a), verdadero(a) (pure, total)2 empinado(a), escarpado(a) (steep)3 fino(a), transparente (stockings, fabric)4 escarpado, casi vertical, a pico.5 acendrado, purificado, sin mancha, depurado.adv.1 de un golpe, de una vez.2 perpendicularmente.s.1 arrufo, arrufadura, la corvadura que hacen las cubiertas y costados de los barcos. (náutica)2 desviación súbita y violenta, jalonazo, guiñada.v.1 desviar del rumbo, desviar del curso.2 desviarse del rumbo, desviarse, dar un viraje.vi.alargarse, desviarse del rumbo o derrota.(pt & pp sheered) -
4 sheer drop
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5 sheer off
v + adv desviarse*, cambiar de rumboVI + ADV (Naut) [ship] desviarse; (fig) largarse* * *v + adv desviarse*, cambiar de rumbo -
6 sheer away
v + adv \<\<ship/plane\>\> desviarse** * *v + adv \<\<ship/plane\>\> desviarse* -
7 sheer off/away
(to turn aside or swerve: The speed-boat sheered off course.) desviarse -
8 sheer aft
nWATER TRANSP ship design arrufo de proa m -
9 sheer draft
nWATER TRANSP ship design plano de longitudinales m -
10 sheer drawing
nWATER TRANSP ship design plano longitudinal m -
11 sheer forward
nWATER TRANSP ship design arrufo a proa m -
12 sheer line
nWATER TRANSP boat building línea de arrufo f -
13 sheer off
viWATER TRANSP mudar el rumbo, separarse de la derrota -
14 sheer plan
nWATER TRANSP ship design plano de simetría m -
15 sheer tights
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16 form the sheer of
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17 out of sheer vanity
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18 to be sheer lunacy
ser una locura -
19 to sheer away
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20 to sheer off
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sheer — sheer; sheer·ly; sheer·ness; tab·a·sheer; … English syllables
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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