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sheet
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Meanings
noun
  • a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used.
  • a rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on.
    E.g. a sheet of unmarked paper
  • a broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass.
    E.g. the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze
  • an extensive unbroken surface area of something.
    E.g. Loch Affric is a lovely sheet of water among trees
verb
  • cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth.
    E.g. lorry drivers don't sheet their loads
  • (of rain) fall in large quantities.
    E.g. rain sheeted down
noun
  • a rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction.
  • the space at the bow or stern of an open boat.
verb
  • make a sail more or less taut.
    E.g. notice also how he is sheeting in the sail

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