English-Thai Dictionary

sheaf

N มัด  กำ  กลุ่ม  กอง  ฟ่อน  bundle cluster package mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEAF

n.plu. sheaves. [L. scopa, scopo.] 1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.
-The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.
2. Any bundle or collection; as a sheaf of arrows.

 

SHEAF

v.t.To collect and bind; to make sheaves.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEAF

SHEAF Sheaf, n. (Mech. )

 

Defn: A sheave. [R.]

 

SHEAF

Sheaf, n.; pl. Sheaves. Etym: [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf;akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove. ]

 

1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden.

 

2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. Dryden.

 

SHEAF

SHEAF Sheaf, v. t.

 

Defn: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

 

SHEAF

SHEAF Sheaf, v. i.

 

Defn: To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

 

SHEAFY

SHEAFY Sheaf "y, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sheaf

sheaf |SHēf ʃif | ▶noun ( pl. sheaves |SHēvz | ) a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthwise and tied together after reaping. • a bundle of objects of one kind, esp. papers: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. ▶verb [ with obj. ] bundle into sheaves. ORIGIN Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf ’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw, ’ also to the verb shove .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sheaf

sheaf |ʃiːf | ▶noun ( pl. sheaves |ʃiːvz | ) a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping. • a bundle of objects of one kind, especially papers: he waved a sheaf of papers in the air. ▶verb [ with obj. ] bundle into sheaves. ORIGIN Old English scēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoof ‘sheaf ’ and German Schaub ‘wisp of straw ’, also to the verb shove .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sheaf

sheaf noun a sheaf of papers: bundle, bunch, stack, pile, heap, mass.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sheaf

sheaf noun he sat down at the table with a sheaf of papers: bundle, bunch, stack, pile, heap, mass, armful, collection; informal load, wodge.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sheaf

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