Word Meaning

sheets definition and meaning

v. t. In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
v. t. 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.
v. t. A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
v. t. A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
v. t. the book itself.
v. t. A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
v. t. A broad expanse of water, or the like.
v. t. A sail.
v. t. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
v. t. 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.
v. t. The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
v. t. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
v. t. To expand, as a sheet.

Crossword clues for sheets

- Article of bedding
- Bed covering
- Bed linen
- Bed linen item
- Covering
- page
- Paper piece
- Paper written after rap spread
- Piece of paper
- Piece of paper put on the bed
- Printed (music)
- Rectangular piece of paper
- Bed coverings
- Bed linen
- Bedding items
- He sets about making bed linen
- Inner bed covers
- Items of bedding
- Leaves of foolscap
- Pieces of paper from revised theses
- Ship’s ropes