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Definition of 'sheet'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

6.  sheet
a newspaper or periodical.

7.  sheet
a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, esp. one for printing a complete signature.

8.  sheet
the unseparated postage stamps on a single piece of paper containing a full impression of the printing plate or plates.

9.  sheet
a sail, as on a ship or boat.

10.  sheet
an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water:
sheets of flame.

11.  sheet
a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking.

12.  sheet
a more or less horizontal mass of rock, esp. volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface.

13. (v.t.) sheet
to furnish with sheets.

14.  sheet
to wrap in a sheet.

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
come down 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"

Definition of 'sheet'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

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

13. (verb) sheet
to expand, as a sheet

Translation of 'sheet'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a broad piece of cloth eg for a bed She put clean sheets on all the beds.
Afrikaans: laken	Arabic: مُلاءَة سَرير	Bulgarian: чаршаф
Brazilian: lençol	Czech: prostěradlo	German: das Laken
Danish: lagen	Greek: σεντόνι	Spanish: sábana
Estonian: lina	Farsi: ملافه	Finnish: lakana
French: drap	Hebrew: סָדִין	Hindi: चादर
Croatian: plahta, ponjava	Hungarian: lepedő	Indonesian: seperai
Icelandic: lak	Italian: lenzuolo	Japanese: シーツ
Korean: 시트	Lithuanian: paklodė	Latvian: palags
Malay: cadar	Dutch: laken	Norwegian: laken
Polish: prześcieradło, płótno	Persian: ملافه	Pashto: څادر، روجايي (چې په بستري
Portuguese: lençol	Romanian: aşternut	Russian: простыня
Slovak: prestieradlo	Slovenian: rjuha	Serbian: čaršav
Swedish: lakan	Thai: ผ้าปูที่นอน	Turkish: çarşaf
Taiwanese: 被單	Ukrainian: простирадло	Urdu: چادر
Vietnamese: khăn trải gường	Chinese: 被单
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