Definition of sheets Sheets
/ʃiˈts/ - [sheets] -
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Wiktionary 
- sheets (Noun)
Plural of sheet. - sheets (Noun)
collective Collective noun meaning a large amount, when used of rain, or other precipitation.
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🔤WordNet
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| sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width | ||
| flat solid | ||
| artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole | ||
| blackboard, chalkboard sheet of slate; for writing with chalk | ||
| blank a cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet | ||
| board a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" | ||
| plastic film, film a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust" | ||
| laminate a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers | ||
| membrane a thin pliable sheet of material | ||
| panel sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something | ||
| plate dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | ||
| photographic plate, plate dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten | ||
| plate glass, sheet glass glass formed into large thin sheets | ||
| sheet metal sheet of metal formed into a thin plate | ||
| sheet - paper used for writing or printing | ||
| piece of paper, sheet of paper | ||
| paper a medium for written communication; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" | ||
| slip of paper, slip the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | ||
| signature a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | ||
| folio, leaf a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays" | ||
| tear sheet a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication | ||
| foolscap a size of paper used especially in Britain | ||
| style sheet a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication | ||
| worksheet a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements | ||
| sheet - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | ||
| tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight | ||
| seafaring, navigation, sailing the work of a sailor | ||
| sheet - bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs | ||
| bed sheet | ||
| bed linen linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) | ||
| sheet - any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice" | ||
| sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | ||
| sail, canvas, canvass | ||
| piece of cloth, piece of material a separate part consisting of fabric | ||
| sailing ship, sailing vessel a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts | ||
| balloon sail any light loose sail | ||
| crossjack, mizzen course the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast | ||
| fore-and-aft sail any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction | ||
| foresail the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | ||
| reef one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind | ||
| headsail any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel | ||
| mainsail the lowermost sail on the mainmast | ||
| main-topsail a topsail set on the mainmast | ||
| press of canvas, press of sail the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely | ||
| royal stag with antlers of 12 or more branches | ||
| save-all a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship | ||
| skysail the sail above the royal on a square-rigger | ||
| square sail a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast | ||
| topgallant sail, topgallant a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel | ||
| sheet - (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" | ||
| plane | ||
| shape, form the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| cartesian plane a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates | ||
| facet plane the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) | ||
| midline, midplane the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | ||
| orbital plane (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting | ||
| picture plane the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work | ||
| sheet - newspaper with half-size pages | ||
| tabloid, rag | ||
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| sheet - cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" | ||
| rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" | ||
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Wiktionary
- sheet (Noun)
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. - sheet (Noun)
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging boxes, envelopes, etc. , and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache , etc. - sheet (Noun)
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking. - sheet (Noun)
A thin, flat layer of solid material. - sheet (Noun)
A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface. - sheet (Noun)
A line rope used to adjust the trim of a sail. - sheet (Noun)
A sail. - sheet (Noun)
The area of ice on which the game of curling is played. - sheet (Noun)
A layer of veneer. - sheet (Noun)
Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall. - sheet (Verb)
To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material. - sheet (Verb)
Of rain, or other precipitation. To pour heavily. - sheet (Verb)
To trim a sail using a sheet.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sheet (v. t.)
In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. - sheet (v. t.)
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. - sheet (v. t.)
A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. - sheet (v. t.)
A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; - sheet (v. t.)
the book itself. - sheet (v. t.)
A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. - sheet (v. t.)
A broad expanse of water, or the like. - sheet (v. t.)
A sail. - sheet (v. t.)
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. - sheet (v. t.)
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. - sheet (v. t.)
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets. - sheet (v. t.)
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. - sheet (v. t.)
To expand, as a sheet.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A cloth covering for a bed, intended to be in contact with the sleeping person. -
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A single rectangular piece of paper. -
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A smooth and rectangular piece, that is thin relative to its length and width, made of firm substance, like metal, glass, wood, stone, steel etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sheet
shēt, n. a large, thin piece of anything: a large, broad piece of cloth in a bed: a large, broad piece of paper: a sail: the rope fastened to the leeward corner of a sail to extend it to the wind.—v.t. to cover with, or as with, a sheet: to furnish with sheets: to form into sheets.—ns. Sheet′-copp′er, -ī′ron, -lead, -met′al, copper, iron, lead, metal in thin sheets.—adj. Sheet′ed, with a white band or belt.—ns. Sheet′-glass, a kind of crown-glass made at first in the form of a cylinder, cut longitudinally, and opened out into a sheet; Sheet′ing, cloth used for bed-sheets: the process of forming into sheets; Sheet′-light′ning, lightning appearing in sheets or having a broad appearance; Sheet′-work, press-work.—A sheet (or Three sheets) in the wind, fuddled, tipsy; In sheets (print.), not folded, or folded but not bound. [A.S. scéte, scýte, a sheet—sceótan (pa.t. sceát), to shoot, project.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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écoute, a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain it in a particular station. See CLUE and SAIL.When a ship sails with a lateral wind, the lower corner of the main and fore sail are fastened by a tack and a sheet; the former being to windward and the latter to leeward: the tack, however, is entirely disused with a stern-wind; whereas the sail is never spread without the assistance of one or both of the sheets.The stay-sails and studding-sails have only one tack and one sheet each: the stay-sail-tacks are always fastened forward, and the sheet drawn aft; but the studding-sail-tack draws the outer clue of the sail to the extremity of the boom; whereas the sheet is employed, to extend the inmost.To haul home the SHEET. See HOME.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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sheet
A rope or chain fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain the clue down to its place. When a ship sails with a side wind, the lower corners of the main and fore sails are fastened by a tack and a sheet, the former being to windward, and the latter to leeward; the tack is, however, only disused with a stern wind, whereas the sail is never spread without the assistance of one or both of the sheets; the staysails and studding-sails have only one tack and one sheet each; the staysail-tacks are fastened forward, and the sheets drawn aft; but the studding-sail tacks draw to the extremity of the boom, while the sheet is employed to extend the inner corner.
