sheet

UK /ʃiːt/ US /ʃit/
noun 5verb 4name 2

Definitions

noun

1

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.

He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.

2

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 desti

A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.

Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.

3

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.

4

A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.

The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.

A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.

5

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!

verb

1

To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets, / The barks of trees thou browsed'st.

2

To form into sheets.

3

To pour heavily.

We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

4

To trim a sail using a sheet.

name

1

A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, previously in Petersfield parish (OS grid ref SU7524).

2

A small village in Ludford parish, next to Ludlow, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5374).

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