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单词 sheets
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sheet

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noun (1)

ˈshēt How to pronounce sheet (audio)
1
a
: a broad piece of cloth
especially : bedsheet
b
: sail sense 1a(1)
2
a(1)
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
especially : one manufactured for printing
(2)
: a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it
an herbarium of 100,000 sheets
b
: a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound
usually used in plural
c
: a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication
a gossip sheet
d
: the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper
also : a pane of stamps
3
: a broad stretch or surface of something
a sheet of ice
4
: a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)
5
a
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
b
: a flat baking pan of tinned metal
a cookie sheet
6
: a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface
a hyperboloid of two sheets
sheetlike
ˈshēt-ˌlīk How to pronounce sheet (audio)
adjective

sheet

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adjective

1
: rolled or spread out in a sheet
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal

sheet

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verb (1)

sheeted; sheeting; sheets

transitive verb

1
: to cover with a sheet
floors sheeted with dust
2
: to furnish with sheets
3
: to form into sheets

intransitive verb

: to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet
the rain sheeted against the windows
sheeter noun

sheet

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noun (2)

1
: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
2
sheets plural : the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together

sheet

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verb (2)

sheeted; sheeting; sheets

transitive verb

: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet
Phrases
three sheets in the wind or three sheets to the wind
: drunk sense 1a
sheet home
1
: to extend (a sail) and set as flat as possible by hauling upon the sheets
2
: to fix the responsibility for : bring home to one

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • breadth
  • distance
  • expanse
  • expansion
  • extent
  • field
  • length
  • plain
  • reach
  • spread
  • stretch
  • waste

Verb (1)

  • blanket
  • carpet
  • coat
  • cover
  • overlay
  • overlie
  • overspread
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt

Noun (2)

Middle English shete, from Old English scēata lower corner of a sail; akin to Old English scȳte sheet

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1606, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

sheet 1 of 2

noun

ˈshēt How to pronounce sheet (audio)
1
: a large piece of cloth used to cover something and especially to cover a bed
2
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
3
: a broad continuous surface
a sheet of ice
4
: something that is very thin as compared with its length and width
a sheet of iron

sheet

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noun

: a rope or chain used to adjust the angle at which the sail of a boat is set to catch the wind

Medical Definition

sheet

noun

ˈshēt How to pronounce sheet (audio)
1
: a broad piece of cloth
especially : an oblong of usually cotton or linen cloth used as an article of bedding
2
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
a sheet of connective tissue

sheets 1 of 2

noun

plural of sheet
as in expanses
a wide space or area from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • expanses
  • expansions
  • stretches
  • lengths
  • plains
  • fields
  • distances
  • reaches
  • breadths
  • spreads
  • extents
  • scales
  • wastes
  • spectra
  • domains
  • depths
  • territories
  • spheres
  • compasses
  • scopes
  • sweeps
  • voids
  • extensions
  • ranges
  • spectrums
  • magnitudes
  • gamuts
  • spans
  • amplitudes
  • immensities
  • latitudes

sheets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sheet
as in coats
to form a layer over dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • coats
  • blankets
  • covers
  • carpets
  • overlays
  • wraps
  • clothes
  • curtains
  • overlies
  • overspreads
  • shawls
  • mantles
  • envelops
  • circles
  • shrouds
  • swathes
  • veils
  • cloaks
  • enrobes
  • encloses
  • enshrouds
  • enswathes
  • enwraps
  • incloses
  • encircles
  • encompasses
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