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