sheet
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈshēt 
1
a
: a broad piece of cloth
especially : bedsheet
b
: sail sense 1a(1)
2
a(1)
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
especially : one manufactured for printing
(2)
: a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it
an herbarium of 100,000 sheets
b
: a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound —usually used in plural
c
: a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication
a gossip sheet
d
: the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper
also : a pane of stamps
3
: a broad stretch or surface of something
a sheet of ice
4
: a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)
5
a
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
b
: a flat baking pan of tinned metal
a cookie sheet
6
: a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface
a hyperboloid of two sheets
sheetlike
ˈshēt-ˌlīk
adjective sheet
2 of 5adjective
1
: rolled or spread out in a sheet
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal
sheet
3 of 5verb (1)
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
transitive verb
1
: to cover with a sheet
floors sheeted with dust
2
: to furnish with sheets
3
: to form into sheets
intransitive verb
: to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet
the rain sheeted against the windows
sheeter noun
sheet
4 of 5noun (2)
1
: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
2
sheets plural : the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together
sheet
5 of 5verb (2)
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
transitive verb
: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- breadth
- distance
- expanse
- expansion
- extent
- field
- length
- plain
- reach
- spread
- stretch
- waste
Verb (1)
- blanket
- carpet
- coat
- cover
- overlay
- overlie
- overspread
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt
Noun (2)
Middle English shete, from Old English scēata lower corner of a sail; akin to Old English scȳte sheet
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1606, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing sheet
Kids Definition
sheet 1 of 2
noun
ˈshēt
1
: a large piece of cloth used to cover something and especially to cover a bed
2
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
3
: a broad continuous surface
a sheet of ice
4
: something that is very thin as compared with its length and width
a sheet of iron
sheet
2 of 2noun
: a rope or chain used to adjust the angle at which the sail of a boat is set to catch the wind
Medical Definition
sheet
noun
ˈshēt
1
: a broad piece of cloth
especially : an oblong of usually cotton or linen cloth used as an article of bedding
2
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
a sheet of connective tissue
sheet 1 of 2
noun
as in expanse
a wide space or area from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- expanse
- expansion
- plain
- length
- stretch
- field
- spread
- distance
- extent
- scale
- reach
- waste
- scope
- spectrum
- breadth
- territory
- sphere
- depth
- domain
- sweep
- extension
- compass
- range
- void
- span
- amplitude
- gamut
- magnitude
- latitude
- emptiness
- immensity
sheet
2 of 2verb
as in to coat
to form a layer over dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house Synonyms & Similar Words
- coat
- cover
- blanket
- overlay
- carpet
- wrap
- circle
- overlie
- curtain
- envelop
- enclose
- shroud
- overspread
- mantle
- shawl
- veil
- cloak
- swathe
- enrobe
- clothe
- enswathe
- enshroud
- encircle
- inclose
- enwrap
- encompass
- trimlier
- trimliest
- trimline
- trimly
- trimmed
- trimmed down
- trimmer
- trimmer arch
- trimmer condenser
- trimmer joist
- trimmer signal
- trimmers
- trimmest
- trimming
- trimming board
- trimming down
- trimming hatch
- trimming hole
- trimming house
- trimming joist
- trimming machine
- trimming tab
- trimming tank
- trimmings
- trimness