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noun
1.
one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
2.
any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers.
verb (used with object)
3.
to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
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Sheaf
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English shefe (noun), Old English schēaf; cognate with Dutch schoof sheaf, German Schaub wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox
before 900; Middle English shefe (noun), Old English schēaf; cognate with Dutch schoof sheaf, German Schaub wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox
Related forms
sheaf·like, adjective
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Example Sentences
- She was wearing a down parka and gripping a sheaf of papers.
- Armed with a sheaf of architectural drawings, he is trying to figure out a way to shift.
- There is a sheaf of scholarship on gender difference in conversational styles.
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Word Origin & History
sheaf
O.E. sceaf "sheaf of corn," from P.Gmc. *skaubaz (cf. M.Du. scoof, O.H.G. scoub, Ger. Schaub "sheaf;" O.N. skauf "fox's tail;" Goth. skuft "hair on the head," Ger. Schopf "tuft"). Also used in M.E. for "two dozen arrows."
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