sheet

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[[t]ʃit[/t]]

n.

1) a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric used as an article of bedding, commonly in pairs, with one below and one above the sleeper

2) a broad, relatively thin surface, layer, or covering:

a sheet of ice[/ex]

3) a relatively thin, usu. rectangular piece of material, as glass, metal, or photographic film

4) material, as metal or glass, in the form of broad, relatively thin pieces

5) a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one on which to write

6) a newspaper or periodical

7) pri a large, rectangular piece of printing paper, esp. one for printing a complete signature

8) phi

a) the unseparated postage stamps on a single piece of paper containing a full impression of the printing plate or plates

b) pane 4)

9) naut. navig. a sail, as on a ship or boat

10) an extent, stretch, or expanse, as of fire or water:

sheets of flame[/ex]

11) a thin, flat piece of metal or a very shallow pan on which to place food while baking

12) gel a more or less horizontal mass of rock, esp. volcanic rock intruded between strata or poured out over a surface

13) to furnish with sheets

14) to wrap in a sheet

15) to cover with a sheet or layer of something

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Etymology: bef. 900; OE scēte (Anglian), scīete, c. OFris skāt, OHGscōzskirt, ON skaut sheet, Goskauthem sheet′less, adj. sheet′like`, adj. II

sheet

[[t]ʃit[/t]] n.

navig. a rope or wire used to secure or adjust a ship's sail

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- three sheets in or to the wind

Etymology: 1300–50; ME shete, shortening of OE scēatlīne=scēat(a) lower corner of a sail (see sheet I) +līne line I, rope