Word: sheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”). Pronunciation: /ʃiːt/, /ʃit/ 1. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. Example: Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed. Example: He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners. 2. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent. Example: A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce. Example: Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds. 3. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking. Example: Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes. 4. A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material. Example: The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass. Example: A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan. 5. A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface. Example: Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud! 6. An expanse of something. Example: […] heavy sheets of rain with heavy gusts at N.E.; […] Example: ... sheets of fire could be seen. The air became intensely hot and they knew that the forest-fire was upon them. 7. A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail. Example: To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless. 8. A sail. Labels: nonstandard Example: Their folded Sheets dismiss the useless Air 9. The area of ice on which the game of curling is played. 10. A layer of veneer. Labels: nonstandard 11. Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall. Labels: figuratively 12. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. 13. The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers. Example: fore sheets; stern sheets 14. A distinct level or stage within a game. Labels: dated Example: The gecko moves from left to right and you must catch him when he calls. […] On the second sheet you must stand under the Gecko in the tree and jump, and on the third sheet you must catch the Gecko's friend. Example: If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.