sheet

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

2. 2transitive verb

   A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.

3. 3transitive verb

   A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

4. 4transitive verb

   A single signature of a book or a pamphlet

5. 5transitive verb

   the book itself.

6. 6transitive verb

   A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

7. 7transitive verb

   A broad expanse of water, or the like.

8. 8transitive verb

   A sail.

9. 9transitive verb

   An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

10. 10transitive verb

    A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

11. 11transitive verb

    The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

12. 12transitive verb

    To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

13. 13transitive verb

    To expand, as a sheet.

14. 14noun

    a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

    Synonyms

    canvascanvasssail
15. 15noun

    bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

16. 16noun

    (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

    Synonyms

    mainsheetshroudtack
17. 17noun

    a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

18. 18noun

    paper used for writing or printing

19. 19noun

    newspaper with half-size pages

    Synonyms

    ragtabloid
20. 20noun

    any broad thin expanse or surface

    "a sheet of ice"

21. 21noun

    (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

    "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"

    "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

    Synonyms

    plane
22. 22verb

    cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

    "sheet the body"

23. 23verb

    come down as if in sheets

    "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"