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The definition of a sheet is a rectangular piece of fabric covering a mattress, a rectangular piece of paper, or a continuous surface of something.

(noun)

An example of a sheet is a flannel covering on a mattress.
An example of a sheet is a piece of paper on which to draw.
An example of a sheet is a layer of ice over the sidewalk.

Sheet is defined as to cover with or give a covering.

(verb)

An example of sheet is to make a bed.

Sheet means a flat, rectangular shape.

(adjective)

An example of sheet used as an adjective is in the phrase "sheet cake."

See sheet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a large, rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc., used on a bed, usually in pairs, one under and one over the body
1. a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a number of pieces cut to a definite, uniform size, as for use in writing, printing, etc.
2. a large piece of such paper with a number of pages printed on it, to be folded into a signature for binding into a book: usually used in pl.
3. Informal a newspaper: a scandal sheet
a broad, continuous surface, layer, or expanse, as of flame, water, ice, etc.
a broad, thin, usually rectangular piece of any material, as glass, plywood, metal, etc.
a flat baking pan: a cookie sheet
Old Poet. a sail
Geol. any layer or deposit of rock, gravel, soil, ice, etc. that is broad in extent and comparatively thin
Philately
1. the unseparated stamps printed on a piece of paper by a single impression of a plate
2. pane (sense )

Origin: ME schete < OE sceat, piece of cloth, lappet, region, akin to Ger schoss, lap, ON skaut, lappet: for prob. IE base see shoot

transitive verb

to cover or provide with, or form into, a sheet or sheets

adjective

in the form of a sheet: sheet iron

Related Forms:

sheetlike adjective

noun

a rope or chain attached to a lower corner of a sail: it is shortened or slackened to control the set of the sail
the spaces not occupied by thwarts, or cross seats, at the bow and stern of an open boat

Origin: ME shete, as if < OE sceata, lower corner of a sail (akin to sheet) but actually short for sceatline, line attached to that part of a sail

See sheet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A broad rectangular piece of fabric serving as a basic article of bedding.
a. A broad, thin, usually rectangular mass or piece of material, such as paper, metal, glass, or plywood.
b. A flat or very shallow, usually rectangular pan used for baking.
A broad, flat, continuous surface or expanse: a sheet of ice.
A moving expanse: a sheet of flames.
A newspaper, especially a tabloid.
Geology A broad, relatively thin deposit or layer of igneous or sedimentary rock.
A large block of stamps printed by a single impression of a plate before the individual stamps have been separated.
Mathematics A surface of revolution generated by revolving a hyperbola about one of its two symmetric axes.

verb sheet·ed, sheet·ing, sheets

verb, transitive

To cover with, wrap in, or provide with a sheet.
To make into sheets.

verb, intransitive

To flow or fall in a sheet: rain sheeting against the windshield.

adjective

Being in the form of a sheet: sheet aluminum.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English schete, cloth

Origin: , from Old English scēte; see skeud- in Indo-European roots

noun

A rope or chain attached to one or both of the lower corners of a sail, serving to move or extend it.
sheets The spaces at either end of an open boat in front of and behind the seats.

intransitive verb sheet·ed, sheet·ing, sheets

To extend in a certain direction. Used of the sheets of a sail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English shete

Origin: , from Old English scēat(line), sheet (line)

Origin: , from scēata, corner of a sail; see skeud- in Indo-European roots

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