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sheet¹ Definition

sheet (s̸hēt)

noun

  1. a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under and one over the body
    1. a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a number of pieces cut to a definite, uniform size, as for use in writing, printing, etc.
    2. a large piece of such paper with a number of pages printed on it, to be folded into a signature for binding into a book: usually used in pl.
    3. Informal a newspaper a scandal sheet
  3. a broad, continuous surface, layer, or expanse, as of flame, water, ice, etc.
  4. a broad, thin, usually rectangular piece of any material, as glass, plywood, metal, etc.
  5. a flat baking pan a cookie sheet
  6. Old Poet. a sail
  7. Geol. any layer or deposit of rock, gravel, soil, ice, etc. that is broad in extent and comparatively thin
  8. Philately
    1. the unseparated stamps printed on a piece of paper by a single impression of a plate
    2. pane (sense )

Etymology: ME schete < OE sceat, piece of cloth, lappet, region, akin to Ger schoss, lap, ON skaut, lappet: for prob. IE base see shoot

transitive verb

to cover or provide with, or form into, a sheet or sheets

adjective

in the form of a sheet sheet iron

sheet¹ Related Forms
sheet′·like′ adjective
sheet² Definition

sheet (s̸hēt)

noun

  1. a rope or chain attached to a lower corner of a sail: it is shortened or slackened to control the set of the sail
  2. the spaces not occupied by thwarts, or cross seats, at the bow and stern of an open boat

Etymology: ME shete, as if < OE sceata, lower corner of a sail (akin to sheet) but actually short for sceatline, line attached to that part of a sail

sheet² Idioms

sheet home

to tighten the sheets of (a square sail) until it is set as flat as possible

three sheets in the wind

or three sheets to the wind

Slang very drunk

sheet Synonyms

sheet

n.

  1. A bed cover

    covering, bed sheet, bedding, bed linen; see bedding, cloth.

  2. A thin, flat object

    lamina, leaf, foil, veneer, layer, stratum, coat, film, ply, covering, expanse.

sheet Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • paper: The meeting started with the handing round of a sheet of paper on which people could state items to be added to the agenda.
  • pastry: Arrange approx. three sheets of filo pastry on the base of the dish.

Converse of object

  • bake: Place on a greased baking sheet allowing space between each cookie.
  • fold: The Discovery Guides are produced in the form of two seperate sheets folded in a plastic wallet.
  • cheat: Lists a currency converter, currency cheat sheet and a travel expense manager.
  • attach: Most personal files include a minute sheet attached to the inside cover, providing a useful index to the file.

Adjective modifier

  • A4: You can get six grids from an A4 sheet.
  • cascading: Cascading Style Sheets This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
  • clean: In their application, Greene King have focussed on a clean sheet on crime at the pub in the past 12 months.
  • photocopiable: SUPPORT MATERIALS Teachers ' Guide A 28 page booklet with background information, ideas for activities and photocopiable activity sheets for pupils.
  • blank: Europe, however, looked like a blank sheet.
  • Antarctic: The most likely potential source for such an anomaly is meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet in a global warming scenario.

Modifies a noun

  • metal: Does your building have aging sheet metal or asbestos roofs or leaks?
  • music: Dear Ishmael, I am tring to get hold of the sheet music for ' Blessed is the King who comes ' .

Noun used with modifier

  • balance: Assess the effects of business activity on the balance sheet.
  • fact: The fact sheets are PDF's which will open in a new window.
  • ice: During the colder phases, large ice sheets formed over the northern hemisphere land masses.
  • style: Please complete the form below to create your style sheet.
  • data: Why does the data sheet not give the spec you are looking for?
  • briefing: This briefing sheet, from the Social Perspectives Network website, provides an update.
sheet Quotes

I see you belong to the category, old friend, which will havethingsintheround, whichdoesloveanend, causes, the balance sheet drawn and equalled.But, mydear Gid, the world is not like thatöit is untidy, there are no reasons, the final sum never balances.

—Mo,Timothy

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise,Peter; kill, and eat.

—Bible (NewTestament)

The whore and gambler, by the state Licensed build that nation's fate. The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old England's winding sheet.

—Blake,William

A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast

—Cunningham, Allan