Sheet

v. cover with a sheet; wrap in a sheet; provide with sheets

n. large rectangular piece of cloth used as a bed covering; thin layer or covering; thin rectangular object, panel, plate; piece of paper; broad expanse of something

Sheet or Sheets refers most often to anything which covers a large area and is proportionately thin, such as a sheet of paper, a bed sheet, or an ice sheet. The term may have a variety of meanings in many different contexts.
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Noun
1. any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
(hypernym) expanse
2. used for writing or printing
(synonym) piece of paper, sheet of paper
(hypernym) paper
(hyponym) slip, slip of paper
3. bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
(synonym) bed sheet
(hypernym) bed linen
(hyponym) fitted sheet, contour sheet
4. (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"
(synonym) plane
(hypernym) shape, form
(hyponym) cartesian plane
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
5. newspaper with half-size pages
(synonym) tabloid, rag
(hypernym) newspaper, paper
6. a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
(synonym) flat solid
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) blackboard, chalkboard
7. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
(synonym) tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) futtock shroud
(part-holonym) ship
(classification) seafaring, navigation, sailing
8. a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
(synonym) sail, canvas, canvass
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) balloon sail
(part-holonym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
Verb
1. come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
(hypernym) pour, pelt, stream, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets
2. cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) bed sheet

(v. t.)
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
  

(v. t.)
To expand, as a sheet.
  

(v. t.)
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
  

(v. t.)
the book itself.
  

(v. t.)
In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
  

(v. t.)
An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
  

(v. t.)
A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
  

(v. t.)
A sail.
  

(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. t.)
A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
  

(v. t.)
A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
  

(v. t.)
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.
  

(v. t.)
A broad expanse of water, or the like.
  

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