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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sheaf /ʃif/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. sheaves /ʃivz/USA pronunciation - Agriculturea bundle into which cereal plants are tied up after being gathered from the fields.
- any bundle or collection:a thick sheaf of papers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sheaf (shēf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. sheaves, v. n. - Agricultureone of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- any bundle, cluster, or collection:a sheaf of papers.
v.t. - Agricultureto bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
- bef. 900; Middle English shefe (noun, nominal), Old English schēaf; cognate with Dutch schoof sheaf, German Schaub wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox
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