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sheet

UK/ʃiːt/ US/ʃit/ common slang
noun (8) verb (2)

noun

1.

any broad thin expanse or surface

  • “a sheet of ice”
2.

an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence

  • “he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions”
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3.

bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

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4.

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

  • “we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane”
  • “any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane”
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5.

newspaper with half-size pages

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6.

a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

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7.

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

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8.

a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

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verb

1.

come down as if in sheets

  • “The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon”
2.

cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

  • “sheet the body”

Origin

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”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).

Phrases

  • a sheet in the wind
  • a sheet in the wind's eye
  • answer sheet
  • baking sheet
  • balance the sheets
  • base sheet
  • bath sheet
  • beat sheet

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