sheet
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeperA thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
» Give me a sheet of paper.
Дай мне лист бумаги.
Дайте мне лист бумаги.
Дайте мені аркуш паперу.
Meaning
14 sensesA thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
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. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.
Blatt, Bogen
листlist, листо́кlistók
а́ркушárkuš, листlyst
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
Blech
про́тивеньprótivenʹ
A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.
Blatt, Platte, Lage
листlist
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
Schicht
листlist, слойsloj, пластplast
any broad thin expanse or surface
An expanse of something.
A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(nonstandard)A sail.
Schot
па́русpárus, шкотškot
The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
(nonstandard)A layer of veneer.
фане́раfanéra
(figuratively)Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
Examples
354 sentencesGive me a sheet of paper.
Дайте мені аркуш паперу.
ruДай мне лист бумаги.
You are as white as a sheet.
Ти білий як смерть.
ruТы побледнел как мел.
deDu bist kreidebleich.
Please give me a sheet of paper.
Дай мені листок паперу, будь ласка.
ruПожалуйста, дайте мне лист бумаги.
You're white as a sheet.
Ти біла як смерть.
ruТы бледный как полотно.
deDu bist kreidebleich.
Tom's face was white as a sheet.
Обличчя Тома було біле, як простирадло.
ruЛицо Тома было белым как полотно.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloFrom Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).
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Forms
plural: sheetsSynonyms
20 synonyms- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs:bed sheet
- (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind:tackmainsheetweather sheetshroud
- a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width:flat solid
- paper used for writing or printing:piece of papersheet of paper
- (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape:plane
- newspaper with half-size pages:tabloidrag
Word family
161 related wordsCollocations
6 patterns- sheet of paper
- a sheet of
- put clean sheets
- as a sheet
- clean sheets on
- clean sheets