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In general , a large , broad piece of anything thin , as paper , cloth , etc.; a broad , thin portion of any substance ; an expanded superficies . Webster Dictionary DB
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 . Webster Dictionary DB
A broad piece of paper , whether folded or unfolded , whether blank or written or printed upon ; hence , a letter ; a newspaper , etc. Webster Dictionary DB
A single signature of a book or a pamphlet ; Webster Dictionary DB
A broad , thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance ; as , a sheet of copper , of glass , or the like ; a plate ; a leaf . Webster Dictionary DB
A broad expanse of water , or the like . Webster Dictionary DB
A sail . Webster Dictionary DB
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between , or overlying , other strata . Webster Dictionary DB
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as , fore sheets; stern sheets. Webster Dictionary DB
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in , or cover with , a sheet, or as with a sheet. Webster Dictionary DB
To expand , as a sheet. Webster Dictionary DB
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 . Webster Dictionary DB
To cover with or as with a sheet. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
To cover , as with a sheet. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
To furnish with sheets; cover as in a sheet; shroud . The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
To spread out into a sheet or sheets; expand . The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon " Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping ; "sheet the body " Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
To furnish with sheets; to cover as with sheets. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth ; used in pairs Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
used for writing or printing Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
(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 " Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
newspaper with half -size pages Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
any broad thin expanse or surface ; "a sheet of ice " Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
(nautical ) a line (rope or chain ) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind Wordnet Dictionary DB
A large , broad , thin piece of any substance , as paper , cloth , etc.; a broad piece of linen or cotton to cover a bed ; a single piece of paper of differing size ; a newspaper ; a broad expanse or surface ; a rope attached to a sail to move it . The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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 . The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
Cloth to cover a bed ; broad piece of paper ; a sail ; rope that extends a sail . The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
A thin and broad piece , as of paper or metal , or of cloth for a bed ; any broad , flat surface , as of water . The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
A rope or chain from a lower corner of the sail to extend or move it ; also , a sail . The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
A broad piece of cloth to cover a bed ; a large broad piece of paper ; anything expanded ; a sail ; rope to extend a sail . See Shoot . Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
Any open piece of cloth not made up into a shaped garment ; a broad large piece of anything made thin , as paper , linen , iron , &c .; in bed -clothes , a large piece of linen or cotton cloth placed next the body ; any thin covering , as a sheel of ice or water ; any flat expanse ; a book or pamphlet ; among seamen, a rope attached to one or both the lower corners of a sail in order to extend it to the wind . Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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Usage examples for sheet
You
forget
I've
got
a
clean
sheet
– The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates
But
on
one
sheet
what
can
I
say ?
– The Passing of the Frontier A Chronicle of the Old West, Volume 26 in The Chronicles Of America Series by Emerson Hough
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