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sheaves 1 S0327050 (shēvz)n. Plural of sheaf.
sheaves 2 S0327050 (shēvz, shĭvz)n. Plural of sheave2.sheaves (ʃiːvz) n the plural of sheafsheaf (ʃif) n., pl. sheaves. 1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants are bound after reaping. 2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. [before 900; Middle English shefe (n.), Old English schēaf, c. Old Saxon skōf, Old High German scoub sheaf, wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox] sheaf′like`, adj. EncyclopediaSeeSheafThesaurusSeesheaf |