sheet
Forms
- Plural
- sheets
- present (v1)
- sheet
- past (v2)
- sheeted
- past participle (v3)
- sheeted
- present participle
- sheeting
- 3rd person singular
- sheets
Definitions
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 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.
3.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.
4.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 destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
- Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.
- A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
1.To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
- Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
2.To pour heavily.
- We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
3.To form into sheets.
4.To trim a sail using a sheet.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2079
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).