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sheaf

[ sheef ]

noun

, plural sheaves.
  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)

  1. to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.

sheaf

/ ʃiːf /

noun

  1. a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds
  2. a bundle of objects tied together
  3. the arrows contained in a quiver


verb

  1. tr to bind or tie into a sheaf

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Other Words From

  • sheaflike adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheaf1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheaf1

Old English sceaf, related to Old High German skoub sheaf, Old Norse skauf tail, Gothic skuft tuft of hair

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Example Sentences

A handful of places responded to our public records request with a sheaf of court documents and told us to figure out the totals on our own.

Instead of merely giving me a few data points to learn from, The Exchange wound up collecting sheafs of interesting data from upstart companies with big Q3 performance.

We would get a sheaf of papers and pencils and listen to the tapes.

It was months after the assignment when, at last, I presented to Murcko a thick sheaf of pages.

She started what she called her "lecture" with a fat sheaf of papers in front of her, from which she proceeded to read.

No, I don't have a sheaf of short stories buried in a drawer.

In one hand she carried a sheaf of Clinton literature; in the other she was lugging a stack of large yard signs.

Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).

A wisp of wheat was knotted round her neck for a necklace, and a perfect sheaf of it in her hair.

Ward busied himself with a sheaf of morning mail and miscellaneous police circulars.

Her hat was covered with poppies and wild azalea, and she had a sheaf of buttercups and "blue eyes" in her belt.

The two contestants mounted new horses and sat face to face; behind each stood an attendant with the sheaf of reed lances.

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