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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishschete; partly fromOld Englishsċīete(“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly fromOld Englishsċēata(“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); andOld Englishsċēat(“a corner, angle”); all fromProto-Germanic*skautijǭ,*skautaz(“corner, wedge, lap”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-(“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).

Cognate withNorth Frisianskut(“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”),West Frisianskoat(“sheet; sail; lap”),Dutchschoot(“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”),German Low GermanSchote(“a line from the foot of a sail”),GermanSchoß(“the fold of a garment, lap”),Danishskød(“lap, skirt”),Icelandicskaut(“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”),Norwegianskaut(“headdress”),Swedishsköt(“sheet”).

Noun

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sheet (pluralsheets)

  1. A thin bedcloth used as acovering for amattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
    Use thesheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
  2. A piece ofpaper, 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 orpaper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce twoleaves and fourpages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
    Holonyms:signature,quire
    Meronyms:leaf,folium,page
    Asheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
    Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.
  3. A flat metalpan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
    Place the rolls on the cookiesheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
  4. A thin, flat piece orlayer of solid material.
    Theglazer cut severalpanes from a largesheet of glass.
    Asheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as asheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.
  5. A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
    Mud froze on the road in a solidsheet, then more rain froze into asheet of ice on top of the mud!
  6. Anexpanse of something.
    • 1855,Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page514:
      […] heavysheets of rain with heavy gusts at N.E.; […]
    • 1908,Pillar of Fire, page15:
      ...sheets of fire could be seen. The air became intensely hot and they knew that the forest-fire was upon them.
    • 1988,A Twin-mirrored Galvanometer Laser Light Sheet Generator:
      ...sheets of light which appear to be formed by a source at one location for horizontal sheets and another location for vertical sheets . This is the direct result of the relative displacement of the two scanners along the optical axis […]
    • 2020 October 26, Zoey Blair,The Cadence of Secrets, Rockville Publishing,→ISBN:
      Heavysheets of rain dwindled to a slow, quiet drizzle as she pulled the car toward the front door of her store. By the time she stepped out of the car, the drizzle had turned into a scattering of flurries that wafted lazily in the air […]
  7. (nautical) Aline (rope) used to adjust thetrim of asail.
    To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by onesheet and thus the sail is useless.
  8. (nautical, nonstandard) Asail.
  9. (curling) The area ofice on which the game ofcurling is played.
  10. (nonstandard) A layer ofveneer.
  11. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
  12. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
  13. (nautical) The space in theforward orafter part of aboat where there are norowers.
    foresheets; sternsheets
  14. (video games, dated) A distinctlevel orstage within a game.
    • 1983, "Program Printout: Gecko" (inSinclair User, issue 21, page 95)
      The gecko moves from left to right and you must catch him when he calls. […] On the secondsheet you must stand under the Gecko in the tree and jump, and on the thirdsheet you must catch the Gecko's friend.
    • 1984 February,Sinclair Programs:
      If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the nextsheet.
    • 1984, Chris Passey, Matthew Uffindell, “Run It Again”, inCrash‎[1], number 4:
      What distinguishesEskimo Eddie from the others is that it has two totally differentsheets in the game.[…] In the firstsheet, Frogger style, you have to rescue Percy penguin from Growler the bear.
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Coordinate terms
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  • (thin layer of solid material):film
  • (expanse of material):film
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Translations
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thin bed cloth—seebedsheet
sheet of paper
flat metal pan for baking
thin, flat layer of solid material
expanse of material on a surface
rope to adjust a sail
sail
area on ice for curling game
layer of veneer
heavy precipitation resembling a wall
geology: extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata
nautical: space where there are no rowers

Verb

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sheet (third-person singular simple presentsheets,present participlesheeting,simple past and past participlesheeted)

  1. (transitive) Tocover orwrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
    Remember tosheet the floor before you start painting.
  2. (transitive) To form into sheets.
  3. (intransitive, of rain, or otherprecipitation) Topour heavily.
    We couldn't go out because the rain wassheeting down all day long.
  4. (nautical) Totrim a sail using a sheet.
Translations
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to cover or wrap
to pour heavily
to trim a sail

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Etymology 2

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Aminced oath ofshit.

Noun

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sheet (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, slang)Euphemistic form ofshit.
    Thissheet is disgusting!

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