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noun (plural sheets) |
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1. cloth used on bed: a large rectangular piece of cloth that is used to cover the mattress of a bed or somebody sleeping on the mattress
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2. flat thin rectangular piece: a broad flat thin piece of a material, especially a rectangular piece of paper, metal, or glass
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3. broad thin expanse: a broad flat thin expanse of a substance, especially ice or water
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4. expanse of something moving: a broad expanse of something that is in motion, e.g. falling water
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5. household flat baking pan: a large flat metal rectangle with very shallow sides or none at all, used for baking
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6. stamps page of stamps: an entire rectangular page of postage stamps that were printed as a unit
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7. publishing newspaper: a newspaper or periodical, especially one dismissed as trivial
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verb (past and past participle sheet·ed, present participle sheet·ing, 3rd person present singular sheets) |
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1. transitive verb put sheet over something: to cover or wrap something in a sheet
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2. transitive verb cover something with thin layer: to cover something with a thin layer of a material
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3. transitive verb form something into thin pieces: to form something, especially metal, into broad flat thin pieces
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4. intransitive verb fall over broad expanse: to fall, flow, or spread out over a broad area
  Rain sheeted over the parking lot.
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adjective |
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1. broad, flat, and thin: made in broad flat thin, usually rectangular pieces
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2. covering thinly: covering a broad area thinly
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| [ Old English scēte "cloth" < Germanic, "to project"] |
