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Look up: Sheet

  1. sheet
    [n] - any broad thin expanse or surface 2. [n] - used for writing or printing 3. [n] - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width 4. [n] - a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind 5. [n] - bed linen consi...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Sheet
    A line used to trim sails.
    Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglosss.html

  3. Sheet
    A printer's unit; the full size of a paper when printed, forming the section of a book when folded
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#

  4. Sheet
    a rope
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Sheet
    A single piece of paper. In poster work refers to the number of Double Crown sets in a full size poster.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  6. sheet
    rectangular piece,the length and width of which are considerably greater than the thickness Category: Various industries and crafts • Printed paper sheet put on wrapper in wrapping the lamp. Category: Management in the public and private sector • sheet metal of rectangular fo...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Sheet
    Cover for material loaded on a road vehicle to keep hot-coated material warm and drystone material from being blown off in transit.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. Sheet
    Sheet noun [ Middle English shete , schete , Anglo-Saxon scēte , scȳte , from sceát a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to Dutch schoot sheet, bosom, lap, German schoss bosom, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/85

  9. Sheet
    Sheet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sheeted ; present participle & verbal noun Sheeting .] 1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/85

  10. sheet
    1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. 'The sheeted dead.' 'When snow the pasture sheets.' ... 2. To expand, as a sheet. 'The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky.' (J. R. Drake) To sheet home, to haul upon a shee...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. sheet
    piece of paper noun used for writing or printing
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. sheet
    bed sheet noun bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. sheet
    noun any broad thin expanse or surface; `a sheet of ice`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. sheet
    weather sheet noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. sheet
    noun a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. Sheet
    • (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...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. sheet
    (from the article `materials science`) The similarity of meltable thermoplastic polymers to metals has prompted the extension of techniques used in metalworking. Sheet forming, used since ... The term copper strip as distinct from copper sheet is usually applied to material less than 60 centimetres (24 inches) wide that is supplied in l...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  18. sheet
    (from the article `amphibole`) ...and amphiboles) has long been recognized. The structures of all of these silicates can be considered as consisting of combinations of two ... ...scientists including Charles Mauguin, Linus C. Pauling, W.W. Jackson, J. West, and John W. Gruner through the late 1920s to mid-1930s. These ... Micas have ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  19. sheet
    (from the article `rigging`) ...or shortening sail are known as the running rigging. The running rigging is subdivided into the lifts, jeers, and halyards (haulyards), by which ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/79

  20. Sheet
    a line used to control the sail
    Found on http://andrews.com/kysc/terms.html

  21. Sheet
    Sheet was British slang for a one pund note.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. Sheet
    Sheet was British slang for a one pund note.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. sheet
    • any broad thin expanse or surface
    • used for writing or printing
    • bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
    • (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
    • newspaper with half-size pages
    • a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
    • a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relat...
      Found on

    • sheet
      a thin product in which the thickness is small in proportion to length and width NOTE - More specifically, the term sheet is used to designate individual pieces with length and width of the same order of magnitude, while sheeting is used for material in long continuous lengths, generally supplied in roll form.
      Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

    • sheet
      a large thin cloth which can be spread on a bed
      Found on http://www.eslgold.com/acad_vocab_defini



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