shelters
/ˈʃɛltə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʃɛltə/
shelters
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shel - ters -> shelters
Myanmar meaning
(n[pl]) အရိပ်အာဝါသများ (v[sg]) ကာရံ
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၁။ (often used for emphasis) သက်သက်။ အင်မတိအင်မတန် (ကြီး၊ ငယ် စသည်)။ sheer nonsense ❍ a sheer waste of time ❍ The sheer size of the building was enough to impress the visitors. ❍ Her success was due to sheer hard work.
၂။ (အဝတ်အထည်) ပါးလွှာလွန်း၍ ဖောက်မြင်နိုင်သော။ မှန်(နိုင်လွန်)။ sheer nylon.
၃။ အလွန် မတ်စောက်သော။ a sheer rock face/cliff ❍ It's a sheer drop to the sea.
adv မတ်မတ်ကြီး။ a cliff that rises sheer from the beach ❍ The ground dropped away sheer at our feet.
sheer2 /ʃÇǝ(r)/ v
❏ sheer away (from sth) / sheer off [PHRV ]
ဆတ်ခနဲကွေ့ပြီးတိမ်းရှောင်သည်။ The car sheered away, missing the lorry by inches.
More examples
- Maya succeeded through sheer hard work.
- [the sheer size/volume etc of something] : We were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work.
- [sheer weight of numbers] : In the end, they overcame the enemy through sheer weight of numbers.
- [(by) sheer luck/coincidence] : By sheer coincidence, we ended up working for the same organization.
- [sheer delight/joy/exhaustion etc] : He sat down and wept out of sheer joy.
- [sheer hell/torture] : The journey to work every day was sheer hell.
- A sheer cliff face
Synonyms
pure, utter, absolute, complete, total, abrupt, airy, altogether, angle off, arduous, arrant, be contingent, be deflected, be off, be pendent, be slanted, beetle, beetling, blasted, blessed, change course, change position, chiffon, clear, cobwebby, confounded, cover up, covered up, covering up, deflect, delicate, depart from, detouring, diaphanous, dip, divert, downright, drop down, erect, face about, fasten on, filmy, fine, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, get around, get off course, glance off, go into skid, go off course, gossamer, gross, headlong, hold off, infernal, keep off, lacy, lean, limpid, lucid, make a left, make a right, make right, nose dive, nose-dive, out-and-out, outright, pellucid, pendulate, perfect, perpendicular, pivot, plumb, precipitate, precipitous, precipitously, put weight on, quite, rank, rechannel, rechanneled, redirect, redirected, rest on, resting on, see-through, sharp, sheer off, shunt, shy away, shying, sideling, sideslip, simple, single, skid, slight, slue, smooth, soft, spiraled, spiraling, spiralled, steep, steeply, straight up, swerve, swing, thin, thoroughgoing, tiffany, train off, translucent, transparent, turn, turn about, turn aside, turn on an axis, turned aside, turning aside, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, upright, veer, vertical, vertically, volte-face, whip, zigzagged, zigzagging
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