1. (n.)sheet a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric used as an article of bedding, commonly in pairs, with one below and one above the sleeper.
2. sheet a broad, relatively thin surface, layer, or covering: a sheet of ice.
3. sheet a relatively thin, usu. rectangular piece of material, as glass, metal, or photographic film.
4. sheet material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces.
5. sheet a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one on which to write.
15. sheet to cover with a sheet or layer of something.
16. (n.)sheet a rope or wire used to secure or adjust a ship's sail.
Definition of 'Sheet'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)sheet any broad thin expanse or surface "a sheet of ice"
2. (noun)sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper paper used for writing or printing
3. (noun)sheet, bed sheet bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
4. (noun)plane, 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"
5. (noun)tabloid, rag, sheet newspaper with half-size pages
6. (noun)sheet, flat solid a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
7. (noun)sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
8. (verb)sail, canvas, canvass, sheet a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
9. (verb)sheet comedown as if in sheets "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
10. (verb)sheet cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping "sheet the body"
1. (noun)sheet a covering for a bed sheets and blankets
2. sheet a flat thin piece a sheet of paper; sheets of rock
3. sheet a flat, thin covering The sidewalk was a sheet of ice.
Definition of 'Sheet'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)Sheet in general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies
2. (verb)Sheet 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. (verb)Sheet a broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc
4. (verb)Sheet a single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
5. (verb)Sheet the book itself
6. (verb)Sheet 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. (verb)Sheet a broad expanse of water, or the like
8. (verb)Sheet a sail
9. (verb)Sheet an extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata
10. (verb)Sheet 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. (verb)Sheet the space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets
12. (verb)Sheet to furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet