| sheer 2 | the conversation ~ed off from the unpleasant topic of the war, perbualan itu menyimpang drpd tajuk ttg perang yg tdk menyenangkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 2 | b. (fig.), (from a person) mengelak; (from a topic) menyimpang: my host wanted to introduce me to Mrs Woodlock but I ~ed off, tuan rumah hendak memperkenalkan saya kpd Puan Woodlock tetapi saya mengelak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 2 | vi; ~ /off, away, from/, a. swerve, melencong, menyimpang: the boat ~ed away to port to avoid a collision with our ship, bot itu melencong ke kiri utk mengelak drpd berlanggar dgn kapal kami; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 1 | adv steeply (upwards) naik menegak; (downwards), (turun) mencuram: the mountains rise ~ from the sea, gunung-gunung itu naik menegak dr laut; the path drops practically ~ to the sea, lorong itu hampir-hampir mencuram ke laut. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 1 | 3. absolute, utter, benar-benar, betul-betul: through ~ stupidity I pressed the wrong button and erased everything, semata-mata krn kebodohan saya, saya tertekan butang yg salah dan semuanya terhapus; ~ nonsense, karut /belaka, semata-mata/, semata-mata karut; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sheer 1 | adj 1. very steep, curam, terjal: the cliffs here are ~ and will be very difficult to scale, cenuram di sini curam-curam belaka dan amat sukar didaki; 2. very finely woven, (if transparent) nipis; (not transparent) halus: ~ muslin curtains, langsir muslin yg nipis; a dress of ~ silk,baju drpd jenis sutera halus; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stark | 5. sheer, absolute, betul(-betul), benar-benar: the story is ~ nonsense, cerita itu betul-betul karut; it would be ~ madness to consider taking such an action, betul-betul gila jika bercadang utk mengambil tindakan begitu; 6. see STARK-NAKED; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| will-power | n keazaman, tekad: sheer ~ stopped him from smoking, keazaman semata-mata membuat dia berhenti merokok; fat people usually have no ~ to diet, orang gemuk biasanya tdk mempunyai keazaman utk makan bersukat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| pure | ~ science, sains tulen; 8. sheer, nothing but, semata-mata: ~ necessity forced him to sell the portrait, dia terpaksa menjual potret itu semata-mata krn keperluan yg mendesak; she sang out of ~ happiness, dia bernyanyi semata-mata krn gembira; ~ and simple, semata-mata: it was his rudeness ~ and simple that made him so unpopular with the staff, dia tdk popular dgn semua kakitangan semata-mata krn dia kurang sopan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cussedness | n perverseness, kedegilan: he did it out of sheer ~, dia melakukannya semata-mata krn kedegilannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |