Definition of sheet
(Entry 1 of 5)
b
: sail sense 1a(1)
2a(1)
: a usually rectangular piece of paper
especially
: one manufactured for printing
(2)
: a rectangular piece of heavy paper with a plant specimen mounted on it
an herbarium of 100,000 sheets
b
: a printed signature for a book especially before it has been folded, cut, or bound
—usually used in plural
c
: a newspaper, periodical, or occasional publication
a gossip sheet
d
: the unseparated postage stamps printed by one impression of a plate on a single piece of paper
also
: a pane of stamps
3
: a broad stretch or surface of something
a sheet of ice
4
: a suspended or moving expanse (as of fire or rain)
5a
: a portion of something that is thin in comparison to its length and breadth
b
: a flat baking pan of tinned metal
a cookie sheet
6
: a surface or part of a surface in which it is possible to pass from any one point of it to any other without leaving the surface
a hyperboloid of two sheets
sheet
adjectiveDefinition of sheet (Entry 2 of 5)
1
: rolled or spread out in a sheet
2
: of, relating to, or concerned with the making of sheet metal
sheet
verb (1)
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
Definition of sheet (Entry 3 of 5)
1
: to cover with a sheet
floors sheeted with dust
2
: to furnish with sheets
3
: to form into sheets
: to fall, spread, or flow in a sheet
the rain sheeted against the windows
sheet
noun (2)Definition of sheet (Entry 4 of 5)
1
: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
2
sheets plural
: the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together
sheet
verb (2)
sheeted; sheeting; sheets
Definition of sheet (Entry 5 of 5)
: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet
sheet home
1
: to extend (a sail) and set as flat as possible by hauling upon the sheets
2
: to fix the responsibility for : bring home to one
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The first known use of sheet was before the 12th century
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