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Sheet   /ʃit/   Listen
Sheet

noun
1.
Any broad thin expanse or surface.
2.
Paper used for writing or printing.  Synonyms: piece of paper, sheet of paper.
3.
Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.  Synonym: bed sheet.
4.
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape.  Synonym: plane.  "Any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
5.
Newspaper with half-size pages.  Synonyms: rag, tabloid.
6.
A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width.  Synonym: flat solid.
7.
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.  Synonyms: mainsheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet.
8.
A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.  Synonyms: canvas, canvass, sail.
verb
(past & past part. sheeted; pres. part. sheeting)
1.
Come down as if in sheets.
2.
Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.



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"Sheet" Quotes from Famous Books



... series of condemnatory resolutions. In spite of all that Pitt could do, the resolutions were supported by many of his followers, by many of his friends, by one friend conspicuous among all, by Wilberforce. The division was neck and neck, 216 to 216; the Speaker, "white as a sheet," gave the casting vote against Dundas which stabbed Pitt to the core. Whether it were or no, as Wilberforce maintained, a "false principle of honor" which led the great minister to support Melville, ...
— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

... sent it to him on the 21st of February, 1791. A copy of this original draft, in Mr. Madison's own handwriting, was carefully preserved by him, and is among the papers lately purchased by Congress. It is preceded by a note, written on the same sheet, which is also in Mr. Madison's handwriting, and is ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... cautious manner seemed to be melting. He took up a sheet of parchment and read it. It was a deed of some kind, in which the names of Charles Darryll and Carl Sartoris figured very frequently. Field asked to be told the ...
— The Slave of Silence • Fred M. White

... in anyone's mind as to who is conducting the rehearsal. His intendant stands at his side in the darkened auditorium and conveys his Majesty's instructions to the stage, for the Emperor never interrupts the actors himself. He makes a sign to the intendant, scribbles a note on a sheet of paper, while the intendant, who is a pattern of unruffled serenity, just raises his hand and the performance abruptly ceases. There is a confabulation, the Emperor, with the wealth of gesture for ...
— William of Germany • Stanley Shaw

... fit in with the action as described in the synopsis. At the same time, it is really a supplement to the manuscript, and our experience has been that it is more appreciated if written upon a separate sheet, and included with the manuscript proper. Naturally, the scene-plot is not to be included in scripts sent to companies ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds


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