sail, canvas, canvass, sheet
(noun) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
sheet, bed sheet
(noun) bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
sheet, flat solid
(noun) a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper
(noun) paper used for writing or printing
tabloid, rag, sheet
(noun) newspaper with half-size pages
sheet
(noun) any broad thin expanse or surface; “a sheet of ice”
plane, sheet
(noun) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; “we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane”; “any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane”
sheet
(verb) cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; “sheet the body”
sheet
(verb) come down as if in sheets; “The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sheet (plural sheets)
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
A piece of paper, 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 or paper mache, etc.
Holonyms: signature, quire
Meronyms: leaf, folium, page
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
A thin, flat layer of solid material.
A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
(nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
(nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
(video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.
• (piece of paper): page
• (line): rope
• (expanse of material): blanket, coat, coating, layer
• balance sheet
• bedsheet
• cap sheet
• clean sheet
• contour sheet
• dope sheet
• fitted sheet
• miniature sheet
• scandal sheet
• scratch sheet
• sheet music
• souvenir sheet
• tip sheet
• top sheet
• yellow sheet
• worksheet
• (thin layer of solid material): film
• (expanse of material): film
sheet (third-person singular simple present sheets, present participle sheeting, simple past and past participle sheeted)
(transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
(transitive) To form into sheets.
(intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
• seeth, thees, these
Sheet
A village in Hampshire, England.
• seeth, thees, these
Source: Wiktionary
Sheet, n. Etym: [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc, sc, fr. sceát a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. sceótan to shoot. sq. root159. See Shoot, v. t.]
Definition: In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. Specifically: (a) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body. He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 10, 11. If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. Shak.
(b) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. (c) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl., the book itself. To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer. Waterland.
(d) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. (e) A broad expanse of water, or the like. "The two beautiful sheets of water." Macaulay. (f) A sail. Dryden. (g) (Geol.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
2. Etym: [AS. sceáta. See the Etymology above.] (Naut.) (a) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom. (b) pl.
Definition: The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
Note: Sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote that the substance to the name of which it is prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass, or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron, or sheet-iron, etc. A sheet in the wind, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang]
– Both sheets in the wind, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang] -- In sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound;
– said especially of printed sheets.
– Sheet bend (Naut.), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye.
– Sheet lightning, Sheet piling, etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc.
Sheet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheeting.]
1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead." "When snow the pasture sheets." Shak.
2. To expand, as a sheet. The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky. J. R. Drake. To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 January 2025
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
