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  • 1sheer nonsense — total stupidity, illogical information …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2Sheer — 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

  • 3sheer — 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… …

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  • 4nonsense — n. 1) to speak, talk nonsense 2) to put up with, tolerate nonsense 3) (colloq.) (AE) to cut the nonsense 4) arrant (lit.), complete, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, total, utter nonsense 5) nonsense to + int. (it was sheer nonsense to trust them) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 5sheer — I [[t]ʃɪər[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. n. 1) transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings[/ex] 2) unmixed with anything else; unadulterated: sheer rock; sheer luck[/ex] 3) unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense[/ex] 4) extending down… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 6sheer´ness — sheer1 «shihr», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. very thin; almost transparent: »Sheer white curtains hung at the little windows to let in as much light as possible. 2. unmixed with anything else; complete: »sheer nonsense. She fainted from… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7sheer — sheer1 sheerly, adv. sheerness, n. /shear/, adj., sheerer, sheerest, adv., n. adj. 1. transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 2. unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock …

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  • 8sheer —   1. Perpendicular, steep. Kū pololei, kūnihinihi.   Also: kahakō, ku i, kūlono, kūmole, laumania, nienie; lele koa e (poetic).   2. Complete. Loa, maoli.    ♦ Sheer nonsense, kohu ole loa …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 9nonsense — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, arrant (old fashioned), complete, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ Most of his theories are arrant nonsense …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10Sheer Terror — Infobox musical artist Name = Sheer Terror Img capt = Img size = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = New York, U.S. Genre = Hardcore punkHatecore(original meaning) Label = Associated acts = Sheer Terror was an influential and long lasting …

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