'Sheet' definitions:
Definition of 'sheet'
From: WordNet
noun
Any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
noun
Paper used for writing or printing [syn: sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper]
noun
Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs [syn: sheet, bed sheet]
noun
(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" [syn: plane, sheet]
noun
noun
A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width [syn: sheet, flat solid]
noun
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud]
noun
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel [syn: sail, canvas, canvass, sheet]
verb
Come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
verb
Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
Definition of 'Sheet'
From: GCIDE
- Sheet \Sheet\, n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc[=e]te, sc[=y]te, fr. sce['a]t a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See Shoot, 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. Specifically: (a) 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. [1913 Webster]
- He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
- 10, 11. [1913 Webster]
- If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. --Shak. [1913 Webster] (b) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. (c) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., the book itself. [1913 Webster]
- To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer. --Waterland. [1913 Webster] (d) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. (e) A broad expanse of water, or the like. "The two beautiful sheets of water." --Macaulay. (f) A sail. --Dryden. (g) (Geol.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [AS. sce['a]ta. See the Etymology above.] (Naut.) (a) 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. (b) pl. The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote that the substance to the name of which it is prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass, or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron, or sheet-iron, etc. [1913 Webster]
- A sheet in the wind, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang]
- Both sheets in the wind, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang]
- In sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets.
- Sheet bend (Naut.), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye.
- Sheet lightning, Sheet piling, etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sheet'
From: GCIDE
- Sheet \Sheet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheeting.]
- 1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead." "When snow the pasture sheets." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To expand, as a sheet. [1913 Webster]
- The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky. --J. R. Drake. [1913 Webster]
- To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sheet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afghan,
- alabaster,
- area,
- article,
- back matter,
- bed linen,
- bedclothes,
- bedcover,
- bedding,
- bedsheet,
- bedspread,
- blanket,
- book,
- buffalo robe,
- cardboard,
- case,
- chalk,
- chapter,
- clause,
- clothes,
- coat,
- coating,
- collop,
- comfort,
- comforter,
- contour sheet,
- counterpane,
- cover,
- covering,
- coverlet,
- coverlid,
- cut,
- daily,
- daily newspaper,
- deal,
- disk,
- driven snow,
- eiderdown,
- expanse,
- extra,
- extra edition,
- fascicle,
- feuille,
- film,
- fitted sheet,
- flap,
- fleece,
- flour,
- foam,
- foil,
- fold,
- folio,
- front matter,
- gathering,
- gazette,
- ivory,
- journal,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lamination,
- lap,
- lap robe,
- layer,
- leaf,
- lily,
- linen,
- maggot,
- membrane,
- milk,
- monthly,
- national newspaper,
- neighborhood newspaper,
- news,
- newspaper,
- newspaper of record,
- number,
- page,
- pane,
- panel,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- passage,
- patchwork quilt,
- patina,
- pearl,
- peel,
- pellicle,
- phrase,
- pillow slip,
- pillowcase,
- plait,
- plank,
- plate,
- plating,
- ply,
- plywood,
- quilt,
- quire,
- rag,
- rasher,
- ream,
- robe,
- rug,
- safety glass,
- scum,
- section,
- sentence,
- sheeting,
- signature,
- silver,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slice,
- slip,
- snow,
- special,
- special edition,
- spread,
- stationery,
- stratum,
- stretch,
- surface,
- swan,
- table,
- tablet,
- tabloid,
- text,
- veneer,
- verse,
- wafer,
- weekly,
- weekly newspaper
Words containing 'Sheet'
- In sheets,
- Sheeted,
- Sheetful,
- Sheetfuls,
- Sheeting,
- A sheet in the wind,
- Balance sheet,
- Blanket sheet,
- Both sheets in the wind,
- Charge sheet,
- Crown sheet,
- Damp sheet,
- Flowing sheet,
- Fly sheet,
- Fore sheets,
- Packing sheet,
- Proof sheet,
- Sheet anchor,
- Sheet bend,
- Sheet cable,
- Sheet chain,
- Sheet lightning,
- Sheet piling,
- Stern sheets,
- To sheet home,
- Token sheet,
- Tube sheet,
- Tympan sheet,
- Winding sheet,
- bed sheet,
- contour sheet,
- cookie sheet,
- dope sheet,
- drag sheet,
- dust sheet,
- fitted sheet,
- flow sheet,
- flue sheet,
- lead sheet,
- question sheet,
- rap sheet,
- scratch sheet,
- sheet glass,
- sheet iron,
- sheet lighting,
- sheet metal,
- sheet music,
- sheet of paper,
- sheet pile,
- sheet web,
- style sheet,
- swindle sheet,
- tear sheet,
- time sheet,
- tip sheet,
- weather sheet,
- Three sheets in the wind,
- To sheet-pile,
- winding-sheet,
- Letter-sheet envelope,
- To haul home the sheets of a sail,
- sheet-metal work