sheet
Nouns
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(n) any broad thin expanse or surface
- a sheet of ice
- (n) paper used for writing or printing piece of paper, sheet of paper,
- (n) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs bed sheet,
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(n) (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
- (n) newspaper with half-size pages tabloid, rag,
- (n) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width flat solid,
- (n) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud, tack,
- (n) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel sail, canvass, canvas,
Verbs
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(v) come down as if in sheets
- The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon
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(v) cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping
- sheet the body