sheet

/ʃi:t/

Thân thiện

A sailor adjusts the sheet to control the sail.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A large piece of fabric used as a sail: A large piece of fabric, typically canvas, that catches the wind to propel a sailing vessel.
   • (Nautical) A rope or chain controlling a sail: A line used to adjust the angle of a sail relative to the wind.
   • A thin, flat piece of material: A flat artifact that is thin compared to its length and width.
   • A type of newspaper: A newspaper with pages that are half the standard size.
   • (Mathematics) An unbounded two-dimensional plane: A surface where any line joining two points lies entirely within it.
   • Bed linen: A large rectangular piece of cloth, such as cotton or linen, used in pairs on a bed.
   • Paper for writing or printing: A single piece of this paper.
   • A broad, thin surface: Any wide, thin expanse, like a layer.

2. Verb:

   • To cover with a sheet: To wrap or cover something with a sheet of material.
   • To fall heavily and in a broad stream: To come down in a continuous, heavy flow, like rain.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The sailor adjusted the sheet to catch more wind.
  • He wrote his notes on a sheet of paper.
  • Please put clean sheets on the bed.
  • A sheet of ice covered the sidewalk.

• Verb:

  • They decided to sheet the furniture to protect it from dust.
  • Rain sheeted down the windows all night.

Advanced Usage

• "To be a sheet in the wind": (Idiomatic, slang) To be slightly drunk.

  • After two beers, he was already a sheet in the wind.

• "To sheet home": (Nautical) To haul on a sheet until the sail is set correctly.

  • The crew worked together to sheet home the mainsail.

Variants and Related Words

• Sheeting (noun): Material, such as metal or plastic, manufactured in sheets.

  • Plastic sheeting was used as a temporary cover.

• Sheetless (adjective): Lacking sheets.

  • The sheetless mattress was uncomfortable.

Synonyms

• Noun: Layer, pane, slab, leaf, page, sail, rope (nautical).
• Verb: Cover, wrap, coat, pour, stream.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Sheet down: To rain very heavily.
  • It started to sheet down just as we left the house.

Related Idioms

• "To be three sheets to the wind": (Idiomatic, slang) To be very drunk.

  • By midnight, he was three sheets to the wind.

• "As white as a sheet": (Idiom) To be very pale, especially from fear or illness.

  • She turned as white as a sheet when she heard the news.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
2. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
3. a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
4. newspaper with half-size pages
5. (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
6. bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
7. paper used for writing or printing
8. any broad thin expanse or surface
   • a sheet of ice

Verb

1. cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping
   • sheet the body
2. come down as if in sheets
   • The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sail
• canvas
• canvass
• tack
• mainsheet
• weather sheet
• shroud
• flat solid
• tabloid
• rag
• plane
• bed sheet
• piece of paper
• sheet of paper