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sheet 1
(shēt)n.
1. A thin rectangular piece of fabric for a bed, often used in a pair with one sheet below and one sheet above a person.
2.
a. A broad, thin, usually rectangular mass or piece of material, such as paper, metal, glass, or plywood.
b. A flat or very shallow, usually rectangular pan used for baking.
3. A broad, flat, continuous surface or expanse: a sheet of ice.
4. A moving expanse: a sheet of flames.
5. A newspaper, especially a tabloid.
6. Computers A single page of rows and columns constituting a subunit of a spreadsheet.
7. Geology A broad, relatively thin deposit or layer of igneous or sedimentary rock.
8. A large block of stamps printed by a single impression of a plate before the individual stamps have been separated.
9. Mathematics A surface of revolution generated by revolving a hyperbola about one of its two symmetric axes.
v. sheet·ed, sheet·ing, sheets
v.tr.
1. To cover with, wrap in, or provide with a sheet.
2. To make into sheets.
v.intr.
To flow or fall in a sheet: rain sheeting against the windshield.
adj.
Being in the form of a sheet: sheet aluminum.
sheet 2
(shēt) Nauticaln.
1. A rope or chain attached to one or both of the lower corners of a sail, serving to move or extend it.
2. sheets The spaces at either end of an open boat in front of and behind the seats.
intr.v. sheet·ed, sheet·ing, sheets
Idiom: To extend in a certain direction. Used of the sheets of a sail.
three sheets to/in the wind Informal
Intoxicated; drunk.
[Middle English shete, from Old English scēat(line), sheet (line), from scēata, corner of a sail; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]
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sheet
(ʃiːt)n
1. (Textiles) a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, etc, generally one of a pair used as inner bedclothes
2.
a. a thin piece of a substance such as paper, glass, or metal, usually rectangular in form
b. (as modifier): sheet iron.
3. a broad continuous surface; expanse or stretch: a sheet of rain.
4. (Journalism & Publishing) a newspaper, esp a tabloid
5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a piece of printed paper to be folded into a section for a book
6. (Philately) a page of stamps, usually of one denomination and already perforated
7. (Geological Science) any thin tabular mass of rock covering a large area
vb
8. (tr) to provide with, cover, or wrap in a sheet
9. (Physical Geography) (intr) (of rain, snow, etc) to fall heavily
[Old English sciete; related to sceat corner, lap, Old Norse skaut, Old High German scōz lap]
sheet
(ʃiːt)n
(Nautical Terms) nautical a line or rope for controlling the position of a sail relative to the wind
[Old English scēata corner of a sail; related to Middle Low German schōte rope attached to a sail; see sheet1]
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sheet1
(ʃit)n.
1. a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric used as an article of bedding, commonly in pairs, with one below and one above the sleeper.
2. a broad, relatively thin surface, layer, or covering: a sheet of ice.
3. a relatively thin, usu. rectangular piece of material, as glass, metal, or photographic film.
4. material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces.
5. a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one on which to write.
6. a newspaper or periodical.
7. a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, esp. one for printing a complete signature.
8.
a. the unseparated postage stamps on a single piece of paper containing a full impression of the printing plate or plates.
9. a sail, as on a ship or boat.
10. an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water: sheets of flame.
11. a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking.
12. a more or less horizontal mass of rock, esp. volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface.
v.t. 13. to furnish with sheets.
14. to wrap in a sheet.
15. to cover with a sheet or layer of something.
[before 900; Old English scēte (Anglian), scīete, c. Old Frisian skāt, Old High German scōz skirt, Old Norse skaut sheet, Gothic skaut hem]
sheet′less, adj.
sheet′like`, adj.
sheet2
(ʃit)n.
a rope or wire used to secure or adjust a ship's sail.
Idioms: three sheets in or to the wind, Slang. drunk.
[1300–50; Middle English shete, shortening of Old English scēatlīne=scēat(a) lower corner of a sail (see sheet1) + līne line1, rope]
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sheet
- map - Comes from Latin mappa mundi, "sheet of the world" from mappa, "napkin, tablecloth."
- ream - Used to be 480 sheets of paper and is now 500.
- bed clothes, night clothes - Bed clothes usually refers to blankets and sheets, while night clothes refers to pajamas and gowns.
- portfolio - Comes from Italian for "carry" and "sheets or leaves of paper."
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sheet
Past participle: sheeted
Gerund: sheeting
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| Noun | 1. |  sheet - any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"expanse - a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky |
| 2. | sheet - paper used for writing or printing slip of paper, slip - a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" signature - a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book tear sheet - a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication foolscap - a size of paper used especially in Britain style sheet - a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication worksheet - a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements revenue stamp, stamp - a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses | |
| 3. |  sheet - bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairsbed linen - linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases) contour sheet, fitted sheet - a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress | |
| 4. | sheet - (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement Cartesian plane - a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates facet plane - the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube) orbital plane - (astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting picture plane - the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work tangent plane - the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface | |
| 5. | sheet - newspaper with half-size pages | |
| 6. | sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width blackboard, chalkboard - sheet of slate; for writing with chalk blank - a piece of material ready to be made into something board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" plastic film, film - a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things laminate - a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers membrane - a thin pliable sheet of material panel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic photographic plate, plate - a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded plate glass, sheet glass - glass formed into large thin sheets sheet metal - sheet of metal formed into a thin plate stencil - a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below | |
| 7. |  sheet - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the windfuttock shroud - shroud that is part of a ship's rigging line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line" ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight | |
| 8. |  sheet - a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vesselballoon sail - any light loose sail crossjack, mizzen course - the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast fore-and-aft sail - any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction foresail - the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel reef - one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind headsail - any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel mainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmast main-topsail - a topsail set on the mainmast piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric press of canvas, press of sail - the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely royal - a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts save-all - a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail skysail - the sail above the royal on a square-rigger square sail - a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast topgallant, topgallant sail - a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast topsail - a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast | |
| Verb | 1. | sheet - come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, pelt, stream, pour - rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
| 2. | sheet - cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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sheet
noun
1. bedding, bed linen, bed clothes the luxury of silk sheets
2. page, leaf, folio, piece of paper I was able to fit it all on one sheet.
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Translations
prostěradlolistpláttabulearch
arklagenplade
arkkilakanalevypeltipurje
list papiraplahta
ágyneműlepedõ
lakòynna, plata
･･･枚シーツ
시트장한 장
paklodėplokščiasis žaibas
loksneplāksne
plát
listploščarjuha
lakanark
แผ่นผ้าปูที่นอน
chăntờ
sheet
[ʃiːt]A. N
1. (also bedsheet) → sábana f
2. [of metal, glass, plastic] → lámina f
3. [of paper] → hoja f; [of labels, stamps, stickers] → pliego m, hoja f
an information sheet → una hoja informativa
to start again with a clean sheet → hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
an information sheet → una hoja informativa
to start again with a clean sheet → hacer borrón y cuenta nueva
4. [of ice, water] → capa f
a sheet of flame → una cortina de fuego
the rain was coming down in sheets → estaba cayendo una cortina de agua or lluvia, llovía a mares
a sheet of flame → una cortina de fuego
the rain was coming down in sheets → estaba cayendo una cortina de agua or lluvia, llovía a mares
5. (Naut) → escota f
6. (Press) → periódico m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sheet
[ˈʃiːt] n (on bed) → drap m
[ice] → plaque f
[rain, flame] → rideau m
(on sail) → écoute fsheet feed n (on printer) → alimentation f en papier (feuille à feuille)sheet lightning n → éclair m en nappe, éclair m en nappessheet metal n → tôle fsheet music n → partitions fpl, partition f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sheet
:sheet anchor
n → Notanker m; (fig) → Rettungsanker m
sheet anchor man
n → Eckpfeiler m
sheetbend
n → Schotstek m
sheet copper
n → Kupferblech nt
sheet feed
n (Comput) → Einzelblatteinzug m
sheet glass
n → Flach- or Scheibenglas nt
sheet ice
n → Glatteis nt
sheet
:sheet iron
n → Eisenblech nt
sheet lightning
n → Wetterleuchten nt
sheet metal
n → Walzblech nt
sheet music
n → Notenblätter pl
sheet
1n
(for bed) → (Bett)laken nt, → Lein- or Betttuch nt; (= waterproof sheet) → Gummidecke f; (for covering furniture) → Tuch nt; between the sheets (inf) → im Bett (inf); the furniture was covered with (dust)sheets → die Möbel waren verhängt
(of paper, inf: = newspaper) → Blatt nt; (big, as of wrapping paper, stamps etc, Typ) → Bogen m; sheet of music → Notenblatt nt; sheets (Brit sl: = money) → Kohle f (inf)
(of plywood, metal) → Platte f; (of glass) → Scheibe f, → Platte f; (= baking sheet) → (Back)blech nt; (Geol) → Schicht f; (of water, ice etc) → Fläche f; (of flame) → Flammenmeer nt; a sheet of ice covered the lake → eine Eisschicht bedeckte den See; the sheet of water covering the lawn → das Wasser, das auf dem Rasen stand; the lake, a glasslike sheet of water → der See, eine spiegelblanke Wasserfläche; a huge sheet of flame engulfed the building → das Gebäude ging in einem Flammenmeer unter; the rain was coming down in sheets → es regnete in Strömen
(Comput: = spreadsheet) → Tabelle f
sheet
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sheet
1 [ʃiːt] n (on bed) → lenzuolo (also dust sheet) → telo; (of paper, plastic) → foglio; (of metal, glass, ice) → lastra; (of water) → distesa; (of flame) → murosheet down vi + adv (rain) → piovere a dirotto
sheet
2 [ʃiːt] n (Naut) → scottaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sheet
(ʃiːt) noun1. a broad piece of cloth eg for a bed. She put clean sheets on all the beds.
2. a large, thin, usually flat, piece. a sheet of paper/glass.
ˌsheet-ˈlightning noun the kind of lightning which appears in broad flashes.
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sheet
→ صَفِيحَة, مُلَاءَة list, prostěradlo ark, lagen Bettlaken, Blatt σεντόνι, φύλλο hoja, sábana arkki, lakana drap, feuille list papira, plahta foglio ･･･枚, シーツ 시트, 한 장 blad, laken ark arkusz, prześcieradło folha, lençol лист, простыня ark, lakan แผ่น, ผ้าปูที่นอน çarşaf, yaprak chăn, tờ 一张, 被单Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sheet
n. lámina, hoja de metal; [bedclothes] sábana.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sheet
n (bed) sábanaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.