sheer

sheer
1. n мор. резкое отклонение от курса; рыскание

sheer off course — резкое отклонение от курса

2. n мор. кривизна борта, продольная погибь

sheer mold — шаблон кривизны борта

3. v мор. резко отклониться от курса; рыскать
4. v мор. иметь погибь
5. a настоящий, сущий; абсолютный, полнейший

sheer ignorance — полнейшее невежество

sheer folly — чистейшее безумие

6. a единственный; только один

by sheer force — одной только силой

7. a неразведённый, чистый
8. a лёгкий, прозрачный

sheer stockings — чулки «паутинка»

sheer gel — прозрачный гель

sheer film — прозрачная пленка

sheer lipstick — прозрачная губная помада

9. a отвесный, перпендикулярный

sheer cliff — отвесная скала

10. adv прямо, отвесно
11. adv совершенно, абсолютно
Синонимический ряд:
1. steep (adj.) abrupt; arduous; bold; perpendicular; precipitate; precipitous; sharp; sideling; steep; steepdown; steep-to; steep-up; vertical
2. 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; unrelieved
3. transparent (adj.) aerial; airy; delicate; diaphanous; ethereal; filmy; fine; flimsy; gauzy; gossamer; lacey; slight; thin; tiffany; transparent; vaporous
4. 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; utter
5. chiffon (noun) chiffon; voile
6. swerve (verb) cut; deviate; dip; skew; slue; swerve; train off; veer; yaw
7. turn (verb) avert; deflect; divert; pivot; redirect; re-route; shift; swing; turn; volte-face; wheel; whip; whirl
8. totally (other) completely; entirely; quite; totally
Антонимический ряд:
mixed; modified; opaque; partial; qualified; sloping

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Полезное


Смотреть что такое "sheer" в других словарях:

  • Sheer — Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [1913 Webster] 2. A turn or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — may refer to: *Sheer Music, a record label *Sheer curation, a lightweight approach to digital curation *Sheer (textile), for sheer textiles and fabrics *Sheer is a measure of longitudinal deck curvature in naval architecture.ee also*Shear *Shere… …   Wikipedia

  • Sheer — Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See {Shear}.] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sheer — sheer; sheer·ly; sheer·ness; tab·a·sheer; …   English syllables

  • sheer — sheer1 [shir] vi. [var. of SHEAR, prob. infl. by Du or LowG scheren, to cut, deviate, warp away] to turn aside sharply from a course; swerve vt. to cause to sheer n. 1. a sudden change of course; abrupt turn; swerve 2. the oblique heading or… …   English World dictionary

  • Sheer — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gordy Sheer (* 1971), US amerikanischer Rennrodler Ireen Sheer (* 1949), deutsch britische Schlagersängerin Siehe auch: Scheer Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsk …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 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

  • sheer — [adj1] abrupt, steep arduous, erect, headlong, perpendicular, precipitate, precipitous, sideling, upright; concepts 490,581 Ant. moderate, slow sheer [adj2] utter, absolute altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright,… …   New thesaurus

  • 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


Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»