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sheet
English
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English s??ete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English s??ata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English s??at (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautij?, *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”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?it/
- Hyphenation: sheet
- Rhymes: -i?t
Noun
sheet (plural sheets)
- A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- 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.
- Holonyms: signature, quire
- Meronyms: leaf, folium, page
- A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- A thin, flat layer of solid material.
- A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
- (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
- (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- (video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.
- 1984 February, Sinclair Programs
- If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.
- 1984, Chris Passey and Matthew Uffindell, Run It Again, in Crash issue 4 [1]
- What distinguishes Eskimo Eddie from the others is that it has two totally different sheets in the game. […] In the first sheet, Frogger style, you have to rescue Percy penguin from Growler the bear.
- 1984 February, Sinclair Programs
Synonyms
- (piece of paper): page
- (line): rope
- (expanse of material): blanket, coat, coating, layer
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- (thin layer of solid material): film
- (expanse of material): film
Derived terms
Related terms
- hit the sheets
- three sheets to the wind
- under the sheets
- white as a sheet
Translations
References
- sheet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
sheet (third-person singular simple present sheets, present participle sheeting, simple past and past participle sheeted)
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
- (transitive) To form into sheets.
- (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
- (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
Translations
References
- sheet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- seeth, thees, these
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sheath
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English s??aþ (“sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?i?/
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
sheath (plural sheaths)
- A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
- (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
- Synonyms: case, casing, cover, covering, envelope
- (botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
- (electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
- (entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.
- (fashion) A tight-fitting dress.
- (zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
- (Britain, informal) A condom.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom
Derived terms
- leaf sheath
- myelin sheath
- sheathy
Related terms
- sheathe
- heliosheath
- resheath, resheathe
- unsheath, unsheathe
Translations
Etymology 2
A variant of sheathe.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA(key): /?i?ð/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ið/
- Rhymes: -i?ð
Verb
sheath (third-person singular simple present sheaths, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)
- Alternative spelling of sheathe
- Antonym: unsheath
Derived terms
- ensheath, insheath
- resheath
- unsheath
References
Further reading
- sheath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- sheath in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sheath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- heaths
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