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    [Verb]  | "sheet" 


    1: to cover with a sheet

    2: to furnish with sheets

    3: to form into sheets


    Origin: 1606 ;

    [Verb]  | "sheet" 


    1: to move or set (a sail) by manipulation of a sheet


    Origin: 1925 ;

    [Noun]  | "sheet" 


    1: a rope or chain that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

    2: the spaces at either end of an open boat not occupied by thwarts : foresheets and stern sheets together


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English shete, from Old English scēata lower corner of a sail; akin to Old English scȳte sheet;

    [Noun]  | "sheet" | \ ˈshēt \


    1: a broad piece of cloth; especially : bedsheet

    2: sail

    3: a usually rectangular piece of paper; especially : one manufactured for printing


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High German scōz flap, skirt;

    [Noun]  | "baking sheet" 


    1: a rectangular metal sheet with a rolled edge used for baking : cookie sheet


    Origin: 1806 ;

    [Noun]  | "balance sheet" 


    1: a statement of financial condition at a given date


    Origin: circa 1771 ;

    [Noun]  | "call sheet" 


    1: a daily schedule of filming for a movie or television show


    Origin: 1907 ;

    [Noun]  | "cheat sheet" 


    1: a sheet containing information (such as test answers) used secretly for cheating

    2: a written or graphic aid (such as a sheet of notes) that can be referred to for help in understanding or remembering something complex


    Origin: circa 1935 ;

    [Noun]  | "cookie sheet" 


    1: a flat rectangle of metal with at least one rolled edge used especially for the baking of cookies or biscuits


    Origin: 1900 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "stern sheets" 


    1: the space in the stern of an open boat not occupied by the thwarts


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "sheets" 


    1: a wide space or area;


      * e.g., " ... from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog "



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    [Noun]  | "sheet" 


    1: a wide space or area;


      * e.g., " ... from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog "



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    [Verb]  | "sheets" 


    1: to form a layer over;


      * e.g., " ... dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house "



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    [Verb]  | "sheet" 


    1: to form a layer over;


      * e.g., " ... dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house "



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    [Phrase]  | "three sheets in the wind" 


    1: being under the influence of alcohol;


      * e.g., " ... Linda was not much of a drinker, and was three sheets in the wind by the time she finished her second glass of wine. "






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