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Sheet   /ʃit/   Listen
Sheet

noun
1.
Any broad thin expanse or surface.
2.
Paper used for writing or printing.  Synonyms: piece of paper, sheet of paper.
3.
Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.  Synonym: bed sheet.
4.
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.  Synonym: plane.  "Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
5.
Newspaper with half-size pages.  Synonyms: rag, tabloid.
6.
A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width.  Synonym: flat solid.
7.
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.  Synonyms: mainsheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet.
8.
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.  Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sail.
verb
(past & past part. sheeted; pres. part. sheeting)
1.
Come down as if in sheets.
2.
Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.



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"Sheet" Quotes from Famous Books



... approached the house. There was a bright light in the living-room, and, still without dismounting, he paused before the uncurtained window and looked in. Mrs. Landor, looking even more faded and helpless than usual, sat holding her hands at one side of the sheet-iron heater, and opposite her, his feet on the top rim of the stove, sat Craig. The man was smoking a cigarette, and even through the tiny-paned glass the air of the room looked blue. Obviously the visitor and his aunt were not finding conversation easy, and the former appeared distinctly bored. ...
— Where the Trail Divides • Will Lillibridge

... effect. It was finally proposed and acceded to by the chancellor of the exchequer, that 1530 square inches, of which the paper might consist without any additional duty, should be limited to the printed part of the sheet, excluding the margin, which would meet the size of every paper in the metropolis. If the sheet exceeded 1530 square inches, but did not exceed 2295, an additional duty of one halfpenny was to be paid; and if it exceeded the latter quantity, an additional duty of ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... his bureau and retrieved therefrom a sheet of paper. "Here is the form I desire your offer to take, sir," he continued, affably, and handed the paper to Parker. "Please re-write it in ink, fill in the amount of your offer and sign it. You have until nine o'clock, remember. At nine-one you ...
— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne

... successful man, but it was not always smooth sailing. In the early days, the Plow Plant caught fire at night and was absolutely consumed. Returning home at three o'clock in the morning, exhausted, and with clothing wet and frozen in a sheet of ice, this man, sorely kicked by an unkind Fate, turned a chair over on the floor before the fireplace, and reclining on it there with eyes closed, endeavored to forget the ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen • Elbert Hubbard

... to the bank, poised himself there for a moment, and taking a second spring carried his mistress across into the further field apparently with ease. In that field the dogs were now running, altogether, so that a sheet might have covered them; and Miss Tristram, exulting within her heart and holding in her horse, knew that she had ...
— Orley Farm • Anthony Trollope


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