ENGLISH: sheet - CREOLE: dra



Overview of noun sheet



The noun sheet has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (12) sheet -- (any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice")

2. (11) sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper -- (used for writing or printing)

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

4. plane, sheet -- ((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")

5. tabloid, rag, sheet -- (newspaper with half-size pages)

6. sheet, flat solid -- (a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width)

7. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud -- ((nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind)

8. sail, canvas, canvass, sheet -- (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)



Overview of verb sheet



The verb sheet has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. sheet -- (come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon")

2. sheet -- (cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body")

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