Hoe "sheer" uitspreken

• "sheer" uitgesproken in het Engels.

Betekenissen en definities van "sheer"

Verb

turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

Synoniemen:

• swerve
• sheer
• curve
• trend
• veer
• slue
• slew
• cut

Verb

cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

Synoniemen:

• sheer

Adjective

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"

Synoniemen:

• absolute
• downright
• out-and-out
• rank
• right-down
• sheer

Adjective

not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

Synoniemen:

• plain
• sheer
• unmingled
• unmixed

Adjective

very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front; "a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock"

Synoniemen:

• bluff
• bold
• sheer

Adjective

so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

Synoniemen:

• diaphanous
• filmy
• gauzy
• gauze-like
• gossamer
• see-through
• sheer
• transparent
• vaporous
• vapourous
• cobwebby

Rule

straight up or down without a break

Synoniemen:

• sheer
• perpendicularly

Rule

directly; "he fell sheer into the water"

Synoniemen:

• sheer