sheaf
To gather and bind into a sheafTo gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves
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» The sun rose bright and shone upon the sheaf of oats, and the twittering birds surrounded the pole.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves
to sheaf wheat
(intransitive)To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
Examples
3 sentencesThe sun rose bright and shone upon the sheaf of oats, and the twittering birds surrounded the pole.
Anne came out of the fragrant twilight of the orchard with a sheaf of white narcissi in her hands.
deAnne kam mit einem Bündel Narzissen in den Händen aus dem duftenden Zwielicht des Obstgartens hervor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
And no one ever knew a Battle Sheaf to be among the last load at a Harvest Home.
Origin
From Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub, fromFrom Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub, from Proto-Germanic *skauba- (“sheaf”).
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Forms
sheafs, sheafing, sheafed, sheafedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.