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noun
1.
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
2.
a broad, relatively thin, surface, layer, or covering.
3.
a relatively thin, usually rectangular form, piece, plate, or slab, as of photographic film, glass, metal, etc.
4.
material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces.
5.
a sail, as on a ship or boat.
6.
a rectangular piece of paper or parchment, especially one on which to write.
7.
a newspaper or periodical.
8.
Printing and Bookbinding. a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, especially one for printing a complete signature.
9.
Philately. the impression from a plate or the like on a single sheet of paper before any division of the paper into individual stamps.
10.
an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water: sheets of flame.
11.
a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking.
12.
Geology. a more or less horizontal mass of rock, especially volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface.
13.
Mathematics.
a.
one of the separate pieces making up a geometrical surface: a hyperboloid of two sheets.
b.
one of the planes or pieces of planes making up a Riemann surface.
14.
Crystallography. a type of crystal structure, as in mica, in which certain atoms unite strongly in two dimensions to form a layer that is weakly joined to others.
verb (used with object)
15.
to furnish with a sheet or sheets.
16.
to wrap in a sheet.
17.
to cover with a sheet or layer of something.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English shete, Old English scēte (north), scīete, derivative of scēat corner, lap, sheet, region; cognate with Dutch schoot, German Schoss, Old Norse skaut
before 900; Middle English shete, Old English scēte (north), scīete, derivative of scēat corner, lap, sheet, region; cognate with Dutch schoot, German Schoss, Old Norse skaut
Related forms
sheet·less, adjective
sheet·like, adjective
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noun
1.
Nautical.
a.
a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard.
b.
a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail.
c.
a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
verb (used with object)
Idioms 2.
Nautical. to trim, extend, or secure by means of a sheet or sheets.
3.
three sheets in/to the wind, Slang. intoxicated.
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sheet1 (ʃiːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc, generally one of a pair used as inner bedclothes |
| 2. | a. a thin piece of a substance such as paper, glass, or metal, usually rectangular in form |
| b. (as modifier): sheet iron | |
| 3. | a broad continuous surface; expanse or stretch: a sheet of rain |
| 4. | a newspaper, esp a tabloid |
| 5. | a piece of printed paper to be folded into a section for a book |
| 6. | a page of stamps, usually of one denomination and already perforated |
| 7. | any thin tabular mass of rock covering a large area |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to provide with, cover, or wrap in a sheet |
| 9. | (intr) (of rain, snow, etc) to fall heavily |
| [Old English sciete; related to sceat corner, lap, Old Norse skaut, Old High German scōz lap] | |
| sheet2 (ʃiːt) | |
| —n | |
| nautical a line or rope for controlling the position of a sail relative to the wind | |
| [Old English scēata corner of a sail; related to Middle Low German schōte rope attached to a sail; see | |
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Word Origin & History
sheet
O.E. sciete (W.Saxon), scete (Mercian) "cloth, covering," from P.Gmc. *skautijon, from base *skauta- "project" (cf. O.N. skaut "corner of cloth," Goth. skauts "seam, hem of a garment;" Du. schoot Ger. Schoß "bosom, lap"), from PIE base *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see
shoot). Sense of "piece of paper" first recorded 1510; that of "any broad, flat surface" (of metal, open water, etc.) is from 1592. Of falling rain from 1697. Meaning "a newspaper" is first recorded 1749. Sheet lightning is attested from 1794; sheet music is from 1857. Between the sheets "in bed" (usually with sexual overtones) is attested from 1599; to be white as a sheet is from 1751.
sheet
"rope that controls a sail," O.E. sceatline "sheet-line," from sceata "lower part of sail," originally "piece of cloth," from same root as sheet (1) (q.v.). The sense transferred to the rope by 1294. This is probably the notion in phrase three sheets to the wind "drunk and
disorganized," first recorded 1821, an image of a sloop-rigged sailboat whose three sheets have slipped through the blocks are lost to the wind, thus out of control.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Louie dragged the ruined raft aboard and pulled apart the layers of canvas, creating a large, light sheet.
We sat on the roof deck, where the ambience was ultra-simple: a sheet of brown paper laid across a picnic table.
For the management final, students could bring a cheat sheet.
Put potatoes on a large rimmed baking sheet and squeeze contents of bag over them.
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