Meaning

14 senses
  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. An expanse of something.

  7. 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

  8. (nonstandard)A sail.

    Schot

    па́русpárus, шкотškot

  9. The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.

  10. (nonstandard)A layer of veneer.

    фане́раfanéra

  11. (figuratively)Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.

  12. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.

Examples

354 sentences
  1. Give me a sheet of paper.

    Дайте мені аркуш паперу.

    ruДай мне лист бумаги.

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  2. You are as white as a sheet.

    Ти білий як смерть.

    ruТы побледнел как мел.

    deDu bist kreidebleich.

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  3. Please give me a sheet of paper.

    Дай мені листок паперу, будь ласка.

    ruПожалуйста, дайте мне лист бумаги.

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  4. You're white as a sheet.

    Ти біла як смерть.

    ruТы бледный как полотно.

    deDu bist kreidebleich.

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  5. Tom's face was white as a sheet.

    Обличчя Тома було біле, як простирадло.

    ruЛицо Тома было белым как полотно.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sheet of paper:
Русский
By meaning 6
sheet of paper:
flat metal pan for baking:
expanse of material on a surface:
sail:
rope to adjust a sail:
layer of veneer:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
sheet of paper:
flat metal pan for baking:
thin, flat layer of solid material:
expanse of material on a surface:
rope to adjust a sail:

Origin

From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen clo

From 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: sheets
Singularsheet
Pluralsheets

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
piece of paper:pageA1
expanse of material:blanketA2coatA1layerB1coating
line:ropeA2
Close in meaning

Word family

161 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • sheet of paper
  • a sheet of
  • put clean sheets
  • as a sheet
  • clean sheets on
  • clean sheets

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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