sheet
B1Meanings
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noun
any broad thin expanse or surface
a sheet of ice
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2
verb
cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping
sheet the body
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3
verb
come down as if in sheets
The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon
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noun
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
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noun
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
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noun
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
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noun
A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
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noun
A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German S…