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Meaning sheet meaning

What does sheet mean?
Definitions in simple English

sheet Noun

— A sheet is a flat cloth that you cover a bed with. Use the sheets next to the bed. He wanted to sleep between clean white sheets in his own bed. — A sheet is a single piece of paper. Can I have a sheet of paper? — A sheet is a thin flat thing, usually something square or rectangular. A sheet of ice covered the ground. — A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

sheet

— noun any broad thin expanse or surface a sheet of ice — noun paper used for writing or printing — noun bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs — noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind — noun a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width — verb cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping sheet the body — verb come down as if in sheets The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon — noun (= plane) (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 — noun (= tabloid) newspaper with half-size pages — noun (= sail, canvas) a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

Synonyms sheet synonyms

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sheet English » English

leaf plate page slab paper layer bed sheet sail board bedsheet pane stratum shroud sheet of paper flat solid cover coat card tabloid register rag piece of paper mat list lamina film canvass canvas blanket bed weather sheet veneer tear-off tack statement sheeting sheet metal roll plank plane panel newspaper mainsheet length foil detachable covering course cloth bed-sheet

Topics sheet topics

What do people use sheet to talk about?
Daily life Household equipment Furniture

Bed
Work and occupation Occupation Working with wood

Working with paper
States Quantity Whole, complete

Piece
States Quality Shape Straight

Flat
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building materials
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Snow, ice
Person Body

Skin
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid
Daily life Food Food preparation

Cooking utensil

Conjugation sheet conjugation

How do you conjugate sheet?

sheet · verb

Examples sheet examples

How do I use sheet in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You are as white as a sheet.
Bring me a sheet of paper, please.
The box is covered with a large sheet of paper.
Give me a blank sheet of paper.
She handed me a sheet of paper.
She pressed her nose against the sheet of glass.
The submarine had to break through a thin sheet of ice to surface.
The roof is covered with sheet metal.
Today there are many things made of sheet metal.
The sheet of paper was torn.
The police covered the body with a sheet.
Tom handed in an empty sheet of paper for the exam.
Tom is as white as a sheet.
Give me a sheet of paper.
Please give me a sheet of paper.

Movie subtitles

It's a term sheet for your job here.
When they're in full blossom. from the hayloft it looks like one single sheet.
You'll be thankful if they slip a waterproof sheet. - around that Aunt Sally of a carcass of yours.
Well, listen, if there's any news in that sheet that I haven't thrown in the wastepaper basket, I'll eat it.
Listen monkey face, when you fired me, you fired the best news hound your filthy scandal sheet ever had.
Haul on that sheet!
Put a wet sheet or a wet blanket over doors and windows.
Stand by the main sheet!
There he lay wrapped up in a sheet.
Oh, you mean this gossip sheet?
I'm in charge of the sheet music.
The sheet kind of gives it away.
Not too old, not too young. I'm sorry I've forgotten the formula for clothing. I had to borrow this sheet from the ambulance.
I'm as white as a sheet myself.
Soon, you'll be out on your ear. then the Star will be a first-class sheet.
Sheet of pictures.
A top sheet and a bottom sheet.
Just one sheet will do.
It was just one sheet that was wet, wasn't it?
Keep your sheet on.
We have the sheet music here.
I had to borrow this sheet from the ambulance.
Why was there only a blank sheet of paper?
I can go to Costco! I can order you a sheet cake!
Oh, God, everybody loves a Costco sheet cake.
When they're in full blossom. from the hayloft it looks like one single sheet. So white.
You'll be thankful if they slip a waterproof sheet.
I bet I was white as a sheet.
Besides, that's your pet sheet.
Why, I thought it was similar to a balance sheet, but not exactly.
Decal picture. Sheet of pictures.
I expect some of these mornings when I come to get you out of the bed, I'll have to pull the sheet up instead of down.
I'm gonna lift up your sheet and see who you really are.

News and current affairs

In principle, an independent and respected advisory council could also force governments to acknowledge the hidden costs of government guarantees and off-balance sheet debts.
Yet, in the aftermath of a balance-sheet recession in the US, and in the midst of a debt trap in Europe, that approach is doomed to failure.
Indeed, sovereigns are dumping a larger fraction of their public debt onto banks' balance sheet, especially in the eurozone.
That turned out to be wrong, as a painful process of balance-sheet deleveraging - reflecting excessive private-sector debt, and then its carryover to the public sector - implies that the recovery will remain, at best, below-trend for many years to come.
POTSDAM - Recent satellite observations have confirmed the accuracy of two independent computer simulations that show that the West Antarctic ice sheet has now entered a state of unstoppable collapse.
Although West Antarctica's fate is sealed, we may still be able to prevent the collapse of East Antarctica's marine ice sheet.
So, given that Germany will be picking up many more bills (regardless of whether the eurozone survives), how can it best use the strength of its balance sheet to alleviate Europe's growth problems?
There are a number of schemes floating around for leveraging Germany's lower borrowing costs to help its partner countries, beyond simply expanding the ECB's balance sheet.
The Dutch central banker Gerard Vissering resigned and eventually killed himself as a result of the destruction wrought on his institution's balance sheet by the pound's collapse.
As for the US, a sharp hike in energy taxes on gasoline and other fossil fuels would not only help improve the government's balance sheet, but it would also be a way to start addressing global warming.
This sharp balance-sheet improvement has been instrumental in enabling emerging countries to bounce back strongly from the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, whereas the West continues to hobble along.
Within the current regulatory and legal environment, with derivatives and other off-balance-sheet liabilities, there is no way for investors to have that assurance today.
For one thing, its balance sheet is not big enough.
But history suggests that fixing a central bank's balance sheet is never pleasant.
To be sure, the balance-sheet headwinds holding back consumption have eased.
The third point is more diagnostic: The shockingly anemic pattern of post-crisis US consumer demand has resulted from a deep Japan-like balance-sheet recession.
Understandably fixated on balance-sheet repair, US consumers have not taken the bait from their monetary and fiscal authorities.
The focus, instead, should be on accelerating the process of balance-sheet repair, while at the same time returning monetary and fiscal policy levers to more normal settings.
The main benefit of these proposals is that they are more strategic than tactical - better aligned with the balance-sheet problems that are actually afflicting the economy.
What is important is that we recognize the existence of gigantic parts of the earth's climate system - such as West Antarctica's three-quadrillion-ton ice sheet - that can be tipped when a fractional temperature rise occurs in key locations.
But turning them over to the government at market value doesn't improve banks' balance sheet; to do that requires overpaying for the assets, a transfer of wealth from ordinary taxpayers to the banks..
Contrary to most commentary, this is not a growth strategy, but rather an attempt to limit the considerable risk of another major downturn, induced by further balance-sheet damage in the housing sector.
One small-time operation ground up sheet-rock and put it in gel-caps to sell as medicine.

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