meaning of sheet
1. In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. ; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
2. 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.
3. A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
4. A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
5. the book itself.
6. A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
7. A broad expanse of water, or the like.
8. A sail.
9. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
10. 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.
11. The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
12. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
13. To expand, as a sheet.
14. A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
15. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
16. The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
17. A chain sheet cable.
18. a large piece of fabric as canvas by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
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