Shelters

Definition

sheer 1 /'ʃÇǝ(r)/ adj ၁။ (often used for emphasis) သက္သက္။ အင္မတိအင္မတန္ (ႀကီး၊ ငယ္ စသည္)။ 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။ (အဝတ္အထည္) ပါးလႊာလြန္း၍ ေဖာက္ျမင္ႏိုင္ေသာ။ မွန္(ႏိုင္လြန္)။ sheer nylon. ၃။ အလြန္ မတ္ေစာက္ေသာ။ a sheer rock face/cliff ❍ It's a sheer drop to the sea. adv မတ္မတ္ႀကီး။ a cliff that rises sheer from the beach ❍ The ground dropped away sheer at our feet. sheer 2 /ʃÇǝ(r)/ v ❏ sheer away (from sth) / sheer off [ PHRV ] ဆတ္ခနဲေကြ႕ၿပီးတိမ္းေရွာင္သည္။ The car sheered away, missing the lorry by inches.

Examples

1. Maya succeeded through sheer hard work.
2. [the sheer size/volume etc of something] : We were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work.
3. [sheer weight of numbers] : In the end
4. they overcame the enemy through sheer weight of numbers.
5. [(by) sheer luck/coincidence] : By sheer coincidence
6. we ended up working for the same organization.
7. [sheer delight/joy/exhaustion etc] : He sat down and wept out of sheer joy.
8. [sheer hell/torture] : The journey to work every day was sheer hell.
9. A sheer cliff face