sheer

sheer
I
1. ʃiə adjective
1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) puro, absoluto
2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) vertical, escarpado
3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) muy fino

2. adverb
(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) verticalmente, en picado

II ʃiə
sheer adj vertical
a sheer drop to the sea una caída vertical hasta el mar
sheer
tr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]
adjective
1 (total, utter) total, absoluto,-a, puro,-a
■ by sheer coincidence por pura casualidad
■ out of sheer desperation por pura desesperación
■ a sheer waste of time una pérdida total de tiempo
2 (cliff) escarpado,-a; (drop) vertical
3 (stockings etc) muy fino,-a
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sheer
tr[ʃɪəSMALLr/SMALL]
intransitive verb
1 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL desviarse (away/off, -)
sheer ['ʃɪr] adv
1) completely: completamente, totalmente
2) vertically: verticalmente
sheer adj
1) transparent: vaporoso, transparente
2) absolute, utter: puro
by sheer luck: por pura suerte
3) steep: escarpado, vertical
sheer
adj.
• 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)
adjective sheerer, sheerest
1) (pure, absolute) (as intensifier) puro

by sheer coincidence — por pura casualidad

it's sheer nonsense to suggest that ... — es un verdadero disparate decir que ...

the sheer size of the problem — la mera magnitud del problema

2) (vertical) <drop> a pique, vertical; <cliff> escarpado, cortado a pico or a pique
3) (fine) <stockings/nylon/fabric> muy fino, transparente

II
adverb (vertically)

the cliffs rise sheer out of the sea — los acantilados se yerguen verticalmente sobre el mar

Phrasal Verbs:

I [ʃɪǝ(r)]
1. ADJ
(compar sheerer) (superl sheerest)
1) (=absolute) puro, absoluto

by sheer accident, by sheer chance — de pura casualidad

in sheer desperation — en último extremo

by sheer hard work — gracias simplemente al trabajo

the sheer impossibility of ... — la total imposibilidad de ...

See:
PURE in pure
2) (=transparent) transparente, fino
3) (=precipitous) escarpado
2.
ADV

it falls sheer to the sea — baja sin obstáculo alguno hasta el mar

it rises sheer for 100 metres — se levanta verticalmente unos 100 metros


II
[ʃɪǝ(r)]
VI

to sheer away from a topic — desviarse de un tema, evitar hablar de un tema

* * *

I [ʃɪr, ʃɪə(r)]
adjective sheerer, sheerest
1) (pure, absolute) (as intensifier) puro

by sheer coincidence — por pura casualidad

it's sheer nonsense to suggest that ... — es un verdadero disparate decir que ...

the sheer size of the problem — la mera magnitud del problema

2) (vertical) <drop> a pique, vertical; <cliff> escarpado, cortado a pico or a pique
3) (fine) <stockings/nylon/fabric> muy fino, transparente

II
adverb (vertically)

the cliffs rise sheer out of the sea — los acantilados se yerguen verticalmente sobre el mar

Phrasal Verbs:

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