sheet

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1. sheet - Noun

2. sheet - Verb

3. Sheet - Proper noun

Meaning

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.

A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.

A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;

the book itself.

A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.

A broad expanse of water, or the like.

A sail.

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

A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.

The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

To expand, as a sheet.

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we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane Source: Internet

any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane Source: Internet

a sheet of ice Source: Internet

sheet the body Source: Internet

The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon Source: Internet

1910s Cubism Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and other cubist artists introduced new elements and materials like newspaper clippings, fabric, and sheet music into their paintings. Source: Internet

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