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Definitions for Sheets

[1] a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
[2] a broad, relatively thin, surface, layer, or covering.
[3] a relatively thin, usually rectangular form, piece, plate, or slab, as of photographic film, glass, metal, etc.
[4] material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces.
[5] a sail, as on a ship or boat.
[6] a rectangular piece of paper or parchment, especially one on which to write.
[7] a newspaper or periodical.
[8] Printing and Bookbinding . a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, especially one for printing a complete signature.
[9] Philately . the impression from a plate or the like on a single sheet of paper before any division of the paper into individual stamps.
[10] an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water: sheets of flame.
[11] a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking.
[12] Geology . a more or less horizontal mass of rock, especially volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface.
[13] Mathematics . one of the separate pieces making up a geometrical surface: a hyperboloid of two sheets. one of the planes or pieces of planes making up a Riemann surface.
[14] Crystallography . a type of crystal structure, as in mica, in which certain atoms unite strongly in two dimensions to form a layer that is weakly joined to others.
[15] to furnish with a sheet or sheets.
[16] to wrap in a sheet.
[17] to cover with a sheet or layer of something.
[18] Nautical . a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
[19] Nautical . to trim, extend, or secure by means of a sheet or sheets.
[20] a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc, generally one of a pair used as inner bedclothes
[21] a thin piece of a substance such as paper, glass, or metal, usually rectangular in form (as modifier ) sheet iron
[22] a broad continuous surface; expanse or stretch a sheet of rain
[23] a newspaper, esp a tabloid
[24] a piece of printed paper to be folded into a section for a book
[25] a page of stamps, usually of one denomination and already perforated
[26] any thin tabular mass of rock covering a large area
[27] (tr) to provide with, cover, or wrap in a sheet
[28] (intr) (of rain, snow, etc) to fall heavily
[29] nautical a line or rope for controlling the position of a sail relative to the wind

Words related to Sheets

sheetplate, layer, leaf, coat, blanket, surface, foil, piece, slab, area, stretch, stratum, sweep, ply, expanse, overlay, lamina, membrane, veneer, film

Words nearby Sheets

heer plan, sheerlegs, sheerness, sheers, sheesh, sheet, sheet anchor, sheet bend, sheet down, sheet erosion, sheet feeder

Origin of Sheets

21300–50; Middle English shete, shortening of Old English scēatlīne, equivalent to scēat(a ) lower corner of a sail (see sheet1) + līne line1, rope; cognate with Low German schote

Other words from Sheets

sheet·less , adjective
sheet·like , adjective

Word origin for Sheets

Old English scēata corner of a sail; related to Middle Low German schōte rope attached to a sail; see sheet 1

Synonyms for Sheets

blanket, coat, foil, layer, leaf, piece, plate, slab, surface, area, expanse, film, folio, lamina, membrane, overlay, pane, panel, ply, stratum, stretch, sweep, veneer