Sheet
[ʃiːt] or [ʃit]
Definition
(noun.) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.
(noun.) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.
(noun.) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width.
(noun.) paper used for writing or printing.
(noun.) any broad thin expanse or surface; 'a sheet of ice'.
(verb.) cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; 'sheet the body'.
(verb.) come down as if in sheets; 'The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon'.
Edited by Georgina--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
(v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
(v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
(v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
(v. t.) the book itself.
(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.
(v. t.) A sail.
(v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
(v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
(v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
(v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
(v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.
Inputed by Kelly
Definition
n. a large thin piece of anything: a large broad piece of cloth in a bed: a large broad piece of paper: a sail: the rope fastened to the leeward corner of a sail to extend it to the wind.—v.t. to cover with or as with a sheet: to furnish with sheets: to form into sheets.—ns. Sheet′-copp′er -ī′ron -lead -met′al copper iron lead metal in thin sheets.—adj. Sheet′ed with a white band or belt.—ns. Sheet′-glass a kind of crown-glass made at first in the form of a cylinder cut longitudinally and opened out into a sheet; Sheet′ing cloth used for bed-sheets: the process of forming into sheets; Sheet′-light′ning lightning appearing in sheets or having a broad appearance; Sheet′-work press-work.—A sheet (or Three sheets) in the wind fuddled tipsy; In sheets (print.) not folded or folded but not bound.
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- The daguerreotype was made on a thin sheet of copper, silver plated on one side, polished to a high degree of brilliancy, and made sensitive by exposing it to the fumes of iodine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Meanwhile the water strains through the wire cloth, leaving a thin layer of moist interlaced fibre spread in a white sheet over the surface of the belt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Inside it there revolves another cylinder, made also of thin sheet iron, and divided into four compartments, marked _d_, _d_, _d_, _d_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The note was written on a rather untidy half-sheet, without date or address, but her hand was firm and free. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He experimented with bundles of iron wires variously insulated, also with sheet-iron rolled cylindrically and covered with iron wire wound concentrically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I swallowed some lavender-drops and tried to write: blotted twenty sheets of paper with unintelligible nonsense and wetted them with my tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Of this edition, up to the present period (1858), the astonishing number of TWELVE MILLIONS OF SHEETS have been issued, the weight of which amounts to upwards of 335 tons! Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very few lines from Edmund shewed her the patient and the sickroom in a juster and stronger light than all Lady Bertram's sheets of paper could do. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- By increasing the number of cylinders the product was rapidly added to, each cylinder printing on one side 2,000 sheets per hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I will _not_ prison it in the linen press to find shrouds among the sheets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To take off copies lay dry sheets of paper on the reversed impression, press gently, and remove quickly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The sheeted sprays drenched the decks like rain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Catherine was lying in the narrow bed wearing a plain, square-cut night-gown that looked as though it were made of rough sheeting. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Tamara