Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.
Straight up or down without a break.
So thin as to transmit light.
Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
Другие значения термина "sheer" 1 That proved impossible given the sheer scale of the private residential market.
2 Perhaps, by sheer nerve and animal cunning, you'll survive for a year.
3 Today, BGI still claims to lead the world in sheer sequencing capacity.
4 The sheer amount of power she must have used was staggering .
5 But the sheer number of cases is causing delays in the courts.
6 Asad listened in relieved amazement; Rosamund caught her breath in sheer dismay.
7 But the sheer ambition of these works demand an almost physical attention.
8 First, there's the sheer quantity of Chinese-made products on the U.S. market.
9 And over and over by sheer personal power, he created this miracle:
10 Several times the road winds along the base of sheer forty-foot precipices.
11 That market is now booming, driven by a sheer weight of money.
12 Its sheer simplicity and egalitarian nature means it is available to all.
13 There were times when technical ability and sheer courage were not enough.
14 At last it fell in under the sheer weight of the blows.
15 Alabama missed 17 free throws, but sheer volume made all the difference.
16 The sheer number of boys in some schools must make it difficult.
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