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SHEET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

canvas; canvass; sail; sheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Meronyms (parts of "sheet"):

reef (one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

topsail (a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast)

topgallant; topgallant sail (a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast)

square sail (a four-sided sail set beneath a horizontal yard suspended at the middle from a mast)

skysail (the sail above the royal on a square-rigger)

save-all (a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail)

royal (a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast)

press of canvas; press of sail (the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely)

main-topsail (a topsail set on the mainmast)

mainsail (the lowermost sail on the mainmast)

headsail (any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel)

foresail (the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel)

fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)

crossjack; mizzen course (the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast)

balloon sail (any light loose sail)

Holonyms ("sheet" is a part of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bed sheet; sheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

bed linen (linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

contour sheet; fitted sheet (a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress)

Derivation:

sheet (cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

mainsheet; sheet; shroud; tack; weather sheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

futtock shroud (shroud that is part of a ship's rigging)

Holonyms ("sheet" is a part of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

flat solid; sheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

stencil (a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below)

sheet metal (sheet of metal formed into a thin plate)

plate glass; sheet glass (glass formed into large thin sheets)

photographic plate; plate (a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded)

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

membrane (a thin pliable sheet of material)

laminate (a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers)

film; plastic film (a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things)

board (a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose)

blank (a piece of material ready to be made into something)

blackboard; chalkboard (sheet of slate; for writing with chalk)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Paper used for writing or printing

Synonyms:

piece of paper; sheet; sheet of paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

revenue stamp; stamp (a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid)

worksheet (a sheet of paper with multiple columns; used by an accountant to assemble figures for financial statements)

style sheet (a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication)

foolscap (a size of paper used especially in Britain)

tear sheet (a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication)

folio; leaf (a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book))

signature (a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book)

slip; slip of paper (a small sheet of paper)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Newspaper with half-size pages

Synonyms:

rag; sheet; tabloid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Any broad thin expanse or surface

Example:

a sheet of ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

expanse (a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky)

Sense 8

Meaning:

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

Example:

any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane

Synonyms:

plane; sheet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("sheet" is a kind of...):

form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet"):

Cartesian plane (a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates)

facet plane (the plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube))

midline; midplane (the median plane of the body (or some part of the body))

orbital plane ((astronomy) the plane on which a body is orbiting)

picture plane (the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work)

tangent plane (the plane that contains all the lines tangent to a specific point on a surface)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

Example:

sheet the body

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sheet" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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

sheeting (fabric from which bed sheets are made)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come down as if in sheets

Example:

The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "sheet" is one way to...):

pelt; pour; rain buckets; rain cats and dogs; stream (rain heavily)

Sentence frame:

It is ----ing

Credits

 Context examples: 

The main structure is a two-stranded beta-sheet followed by a loop to a C-terminal short two-stranded sheet.

(EGF-Like Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

Sheets were trimmed, and Wolf Larsen proceeded to put the Ghost through her paces.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But where is the rest of that sheet of paper?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He took a large sheet of paper from his pocket, all covered with dates and names.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The man entered and took the papers, sheet by sheet, from the central table.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After that experience, Martin typed at the top of the first sheet of all his manuscripts: "Submitted at your usual rate."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of small and irregular malignant glandular structures, solid sheets of malignant cells, and single malignant cells.

(Pancreatic Poorly Differentiated Ductal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

When he glanced up again, Alleyne had, with a few bold strokes of the brush, tinted in a woman's face and neck upon the white sheet in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She always travels with her own sheets; an excellent precaution.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

But it ought to be done, and if you will give me a sheet of paper, it shall be done directly.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)