sheet
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈshēt 
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
adjective sheet
2 of 5adjective
1
: rolled or spread out in a sheet
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal
sheet
3 of 5verb (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
4 of 5noun (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
5 of 5verb (2)
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
transitive verb
: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- breadth
- distance
- expanse
- expansion
- extent
- field
- length
- plain
- reach
- spread
- stretch
- waste
Verb (1)
- blanket
- carpet
- coat
- cover
- overlay
- overlie
- overspread
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
Phrases Containing sheet
Kids Definition
sheet 1 of 2
noun
ˈshēt
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
2 of 2noun
: 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
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
three sheets in the wind
phrase
variants or three sheets to the wind
as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol Linda was not much of a drinker, and was three sheets in the wind by the time she finished her second glass of wine. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drunk
- fried
- high
- wet
- wasted
- stiff
- drunken
- tight
- wiped out
- under the influence
- under the weather
- tipsy
- lit up
- in the bag
- squiffed
- blind
- loaded
- tiddly
- juiced
- inebriated
- boozy
- besotted
- pickled
- sottish
- inebriate
- impaired
- looped
- lit
- cockeyed
- stoned
- stewed
- plastered
- tanked
- potted
- squiffy
- oiled
- intoxicated
- in one's cups
- blotto
- stinking
- gassed
- blitzed
- canned
- pie-eyed
- strung out
- sloshed
- crocked
- sozzled
- soused
- hammered
- rocky
- ripped
- smashed
- maudlin
- beery
- bombed
- blasted
- dopey
- alcoholic
- dissolute
- befuddled
- stupefied
- debauched
- crapulous
- dipsomaniacal
- bibulous
- dopy
- bleary-eyed
- dissipated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- straight
- sober
- dry
- temperate
- level
- cool
- steady
- abstemious
- teetotal
- abstinent
- clearheaded