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Definitions for Sheaves

[1] plural of sheaf.
[2] plural of sheave2.
[3] one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
[4] any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers.
[5] to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
[6] to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves.
[7] a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.
[8] a wheel with a grooved rim, for transmitting force to a cable or belt.
[9] the plural of sheaf
[10] (tr) to gather or bind into sheaves
[11] a wheel with a grooved rim, esp one used as a pulley
[12] a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds
[13] a bundle of objects tied together
[14] the arrows contained in a quiver
[15] (tr) to bind or tie into a sheaf

Words related to Sheaves

box, container, parcel, packet, kit, bag, bottle, mountain, pyramid, heap, bundle, sheaf, bevy, group, crowd, cluster, mess, chunk, flock, number

Words nearby Sheaves

sheath of schwann, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing, sheave, sheaves, sheba, sheba, queen of, shebang, shebat, shebeen

Origin of Sheaves

21300–50; Middle English schive; akin to Dutch schijf sheave, German Scheibe disk

Other words from Sheaves

sheaf·like , adjective

Word origin for Sheaves

fOld English sceaf, related to Old High German skoub sheaf, Old Norse skauf tail, Gothic skuft tuft of hair

Synonyms for Sheaves

bag, bottle, box, container, kit, packet, parcel, amalgamation, assortment, baggage, bale, batch, bunch, burden, can, carton, combination, crate, entity, load, lot, luggage, pack, pile, sack, sheaf, stack, suitcase, tin, trunk, unit, biddle