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NOUN | 1 | sheet | Any broad thin expanse or surface |
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2 | sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper | Used for writing or printing | |
3 | sheet, bed sheet | Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth | |
4 | sheet, plane | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | |
5 | sheet, tabloid, rag | Newspaper with half-size pages | |
6 | sheet, flat solid | A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width | |
7 | sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind | |
8 | sheet, sail, canvas, canvass | A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel | |
VERB | 1 | sheet | Come down as if in sheets |
2 | sheet | Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping |
Sounds | shiy't |
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Rhymes | aesthete, athlete, backseat, and 73 more rhymes in iyt at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Any broad thin expanse or surface. |
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Examples | "a sheet of ice" |
Broader | expanse |
Meaning | Used for writing or printing. |
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Synonyms | piece of paper, sheet of paper |
Narrower | slip, slip of paper; signature; leaf, folio; tear sheet; foolscap; style sheet; worksheet |
Broader | paper |
Meaning | Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth. Used in pairs. |
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Synonyms | bed sheet |
Narrower | fitted sheet, contour sheet |
Broader | bed linen |
Verbs | sheet |
Meaning | (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape. |
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Synonyms | plane |
Category | mathematics, math, maths |
Narrower | cartesian plane; facet plane; midplane, midline; orbital plane; picture plane; tangent plane |
Broader | shape, form |
Meaning | Newspaper with half-size pages. |
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Synonyms | tabloid, rag |
Broader | newspaper, paper |
Meaning | A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width. |
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Synonyms | flat solid |
Narrower | blackboard, chalkboard; blank; board; film, plastic film; laminate; layer, bed; membrane; panel; plate; plate, photographic plate; plate glass, sheet glass; sheet metal; wallboard |
Broader | artifact, artefact |
Meaning | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind. |
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Synonyms | tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud |
Category | seafaring, navigation, sailing |
Part of | ship |
Narrower | futtock shroud |
Broader | line |
Meaning | A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel. |
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Synonyms | sail, canvas, canvass |
Part of | sailing vessel, sailing ship |
Narrower | balloon sail; crossjack, mizzen course; fore-and-aft sail; foresail; headsail; mainsail; main-topsail; press of sail, press of canvas; royal; save-all; skysail; square sail; topgallant, topgallant sail; topsail |
Broader | piece of cloth, piece of material |
Meaning | Come down as if in sheets. |
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Pattern | It is ----ing |
Examples | "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" |
Broader | pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets |
Meaning | Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "sheet the body" |
Broader | cover |
Nouns | sheeting; sheet |