Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.

    Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.

  2. (transitive)To form into sheets.

    come down as if in sheets

  3. (intransitive)To pour heavily.

    We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

  4. To trim a sail using a sheet.

    cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

Examples

354 sentences

  1. Give me a sheet of paper.

    Дайте мені аркуш паперу. — Reem

    ruДай мне лист бумаги. — marafon

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  2. You are as white as a sheet.

    Ти білий як смерть. — deniko

    ruТы побледнел как мел. — sigavax

    deDu bist kreidebleich. — Bellinger

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  3. Please give me a sheet of paper.

    Дай мені листок паперу, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, дайте мне лист бумаги. — odexed

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  4. You're white as a sheet.

    Ти біла як смерть. — deniko

    ruТы бледный как полотно. — sharptoothed

    deDu bist kreidebleich. — Bellinger

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

    Обличчя Тома було біле, як простирадло. — Balamax

    ruЛицо Тома было белым как полотно. — Balamax

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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

sheets, sheeting, sheeted, sheeted
Base formsheet · to sheet
3rd person singularsheets
Present participlesheeting
Past simplesheeted
Past participlesheeted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysheet
he, she, itsheets

Past simpleLesson

all personssheeted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sheeted
he, she, ithas sheeted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sheet

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsheeting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
sheerB1sheeshsheikhsheilashekelshelfA1
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