Definition of sheaf Sheaf
/ʃiˈf/ - [sheef] - sheaf
We found 19 definitions of sheaf from 8 different sources.
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What does sheaf mean?
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| sheaf - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | ||
| bundle | ||
| package, parcel a wrapped container | ||
| bale a large bundle bound for storage or transport | ||
| faggot, fagot a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | ||
| pack a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sheaf (Noun)
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. - sheaf (Noun)
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. - sheaf (Noun)
A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. - sheaf (Noun)
A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four. - sheaf (Noun)
A sheave. - sheaf (Noun)
An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets. - sheaf (Verb)
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. - sheaf (Verb)
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sheaf (n.)
A sheave. - sheaf (n.)
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. - sheaf (n.)
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. - sheaf (v. t.)
To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. - sheaf (v. i.)
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sheaf
Several objects bound together.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sheaf
shēf, n. a quantity of things, esp. the stalks of grain, put together and bound: a bundle of arrows, usually 24 in number: any bundle or collection:—pl. Sheaves (shēvz).—v.t. to bind in sheaves.—v.i. to make sheaves.—adj. Sheaf′y. [A.S. sceáf—A.S. scúfan, to shove; Ger. schaub, Dut. schoof.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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sheaf
A bundle of arrows, as formerly supplied to our royal ships.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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sheaf
A bundle of arrows.
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