SHEET
\ʃˈiːt], \ʃˈiːt], \ʃ_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of SHEET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
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used for writing or printing
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(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"
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newspaper with half-size pages
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come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
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any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
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cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
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(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
By Princeton University
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a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
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used for writing or printing
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(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"
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newspaper with half-size pages
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come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
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any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
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cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
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A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
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A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
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A broad expanse of water, or the like.
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A sail.
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An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
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The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
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To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
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To expand, as a sheet.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
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A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
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A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
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A broad expanse of water, or the like.
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A sail.
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An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
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The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
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To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
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To expand, as a sheet.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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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.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
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To cover with or as with a sheet.
By Daniel Lyons
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Cloth to cover a bed; broad piece of paper; a sail; rope that extends a sail.
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To cover, as with a sheet.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To furnish with sheets; cover as in a sheet; shroud.
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To spread out into a sheet or sheets; expand.
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A thin and broad piece, as of paper or metal, or of cloth for a bed; any broad, flat surface, as of water.
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A rope or chain from a lower corner of the sail to extend or move it; also, a sail.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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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.
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To furnish with sheets; to cover as with sheets.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo Saxon] In general, any broad, uninterrupted expanse; a broad piece of cloth used as a part of bed furniture next to the body;—a broad piece of paper from the mill; a piece pressed, cut, and folded; apiece printed and folded; a newspaper, pamphlet, or book; —a broad expanse of water or the like;—a broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance. A rope fastened to the lower corner of a sail to extend and retain it in a particular situation.
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