sheet
1. any broad thin expanse or surface (Freq. 12)
- a sheet of ice
• Hypernyms:
expanse
2. paper used for writing or printing (Freq. 11)
• Syn:
piece of paper, sheet of paper
• Hypernyms:
paper
• Hyponyms:
slip, slip of paper, signature, leaf, folio,
tear sheet, foolscap, style sheet, worksheet, revenue stamp, stamp
3. bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth;
used in pairs (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
bed sheet
• Hypernyms:
bed linen
• Hyponyms:
fitted sheet, contour sheet
4. (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
• Syn:
plane
• Derivationally related forms:
plane (for: plane), planar (for: plane)
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
shape, form
• Hyponyms:
Cartesian plane, facet plane, midplane, midline, orbital plane,
picture plane, tangent plane
5. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
• Syn:
sail, canvas, canvass
• Derivationally related forms:
sail (for: sail)
• Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
• Hyponyms:
balloon sail, crossjack, mizzen course, fore-and-aft sail, foresail,
headsail, mainsail, main-topsail, press of sail, press of canvas, royal,
save-all, skysail, square sail, topgallant, topgallant sail, topsail
• Part Holonyms:
sailing vessel, sailing ship
• Part Meronyms:
reef
6. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
• Syn:
tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
• Derivationally related forms:
tack (for: tack)
• Topics:
seafaring, navigation, sailing
• Hypernyms:
line
• Hyponyms:
futtock shroud
• Part Holonyms:
ship
7. newspaper with half-size pages
• Syn:
tabloid, rag
• Hypernyms:
newspaper, paper
8. a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
• Syn:
flat solid
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
blackboard, chalkboard, blank, board, film,
plastic film, laminate, membrane, panel, plate, photographic plate,
plate glass, sheet glass, sheet metal, stencil
1. come down as if in sheets
- The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon
• Hypernyms:
pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
• Verb Frames:
- It is ----ing
2. cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping
- sheet the body
• Derivationally related forms:
sheeting
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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