English-Thai Dictionary
sheet
N ผ้าปูที่นอน covering bed sheet pa-pu-ti-non
sheet
N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น แผ่น แบน (เช่น แผ่น กระดาษ แผ่น เหล็ก แผ่น แก้ว foil lamina veneer siang-ti-pen-pan-ban
sheet
N หนังสือพิมพ์ newspaper nang-sue-pim
sheet down
PHRV(ฝน ตกหนัก pelt down pelt with pour with tok-nak
sheet home
PHRV ดึง ให้ กาง ออก dung-hai-kwang-ook
sheet home
PHRV ทำให้ เข้าใจ ชัดเจน ทำให้ กระจ่าง tam-hai-kao-jai-chad-jen
sheet in
PHRV กาง ใบ (เรือ ออก คลี่ ออก kang-bai-ook
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SHEET
n.[L. schenda; Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on; L. scindo, Gr. ] 1. A broad piece of cloth used as part of bed-furniture.
2. A broad piece of paper as it comes from the manufacturer. Sheets of paper are of different sizes, as royal, demi, foolscap, pot and post-paper.
3. A piece of paper printed, folede and bound, or formed in to a book in blank, and making four, eight, sixteen or twenty-four pages, etc.
4. Any thing expanded; as a sheet of water or of fire; a sheet of copper, lead or iron.
5. Sheets, plu. a book or pamphlet. The following sheets contains a full answer to my opponent.
6. A sail.
SHEET
n.In nautical language, a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail to extend and retain it in a particular situation. When a ship sails with a side-wind, the lower corners of the main and fore-sails are fastened with a tackand a sheet.
SHEET
v.t. 1. To furnish with sheets. [Little used. ]
2. To fold in a sheet. [Little used. ]
3. To cover as with a sheet; to cover with something broad and thin.
When snow the pasture sheets. Shak.
To sheet home, is to haul home a sheet, or extend the sail till the clew is close to the sheet-block.
SHEET-ANCHOR
n. 1. The largest anchor of a ship, which in stress of wheather is sometimes the seaman's last refuge to prevent the ship from going ashore. Hence,
2. The chief support; the last refuge for safety.
SHEET-COPPER
n.Copper in broad thin plates.
SHEETING
n.Cloth for sheets.
SHEET-IRON
n.Iron in sheets or broad thin plates.
SHEET-LEAD
n.Lead in sheets.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SHEET
Sheet, n. Etym: [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc, sc, fr. sceát a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment ); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. sceótan to shoot. sq. root159. See Shoot, v. t.]
Defn: In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. ; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. Specifically: (a ) 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. 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. Acts x. 1 , 11. If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me In one of those same sheets. Shak.
(b ) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. (c ) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; in pl. , the book itself. To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer. Waterland.
(d ) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. (e ) A broad expanse of water, or the like. "The two beautiful sheets of water. " Macaulay. (f ) A sail. Dryden. (g ) (Geol.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
2. Etym: [AS. sceáta. See the Etymology above. ] (Naut. ) (a ) 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. (b ) pl.
Defn: The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
Note: Sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote that the substance to the name of which it is prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass, or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron, or sheet-iron, etc. A sheet in the wind, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang ] -- Both sheets in the wind, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang ] -- In sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets. -- Sheet bend (Naut. ), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye. -- Sheet lightning, Sheet piling, etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc.
SHEET
Sheet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheeting. ]
1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. "The sheeted dead. " "When snow the pasture sheets." Shak.
2. To expand, as a sheet. The star shot flew from the welkin blue, As it fell from the sheeted sky. J. R. Drake. To sheet home (Naut. ), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.
SHEET ANCHOR
Sheet " an "chor. Etym: [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t.]
1. (Naut. )
Defn: A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
2. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
SHEET CABLE
SHEET CABLE Sheet " ca "ble. (Naut. )
Defn: The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
SHEET CHAIN
SHEET CHAIN Sheet " chain ". (Naut. )
Defn: A chain sheet cable.
SHEETFUL
Sheet "ful, n.; pl. Sheetfuls (.
Defn: Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
SHEETING
SHEETING Sheet "ing, n.
1. Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
2. (Hydraul. Engin. )
Defn: A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal ) for protecting an embankment.
3. The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sheet
sheet 1 |SHēt ʃit | ▶noun 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used. • used in comparisons to describe the pallor of a person who is ill or has had a shock: Are you OK? You're as white as a sheet . • a broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass: the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze. 2 a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on: a sheet of unmarked paper. • a quantity of text or other information contained on such a piece of paper: he produced yet another sheet of figures. • a flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map. • all the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper: a sheet of stamps. • a map, esp. one part of a series covering a larger area. 3 an extensive unbroken surface area of something: a sheet of ice. • a broad moving mass of flames or water: the rain was still falling in sheets. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] cover with or wrap in a sheet or sheets: we sheeted a narrow bed. 2 [ no obj. ] (of rain ) fall in large quantities: rain sheeted down. ORIGIN Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project. ’
sheet
sheet 2 |ʃit SHēt |Nautical ▶noun 1 a rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction. 2 (sheets ) the space at the bow or stern of an open boat. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (sheet something in /out ) make a sail more or less taut. • (sheet something home ) extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible. PHRASES two (or three ) sheets to the wind informal drunk. ORIGIN Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail, ’ of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief ’ (see also sheet 1 ).
sheet anchor
sheet an chor |ʃit ˈæŋkər | ▶noun a person or thing that is very dependable and relied upon in the last resort. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting an additional anchor for use in emergencies ): perhaps related to obsolete shot, denoting two cables spliced together, later influenced by sheet 2 .
sheet bend
sheet bend ▶noun a knot used for temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another.
sheeted
sheet ed |ˈSHētid ʃidɪd | ▶adjective 1 covered with or enveloped in a sheet of cloth: the sheeted body. 2 Geology (of rock ) fissured or divided into layers, esp. by faulting.
sheet feeder
sheet feed ¦er ▶noun a device for feeding paper into a computer printer a sheet at a time.
sheeting
sheet ing |ˈSHētiNG ʃidɪŋ | ▶noun material formed into or used as a sheet: a window covered with plastic sheeting.
sheetlet
sheet let |ˈSHētlit ˈʃitlɪt | ▶noun a small unseparated sheet of postage stamps.
sheet lightning
sheet light ning |ʃit ˈlaɪtnɪŋ | ▶noun lightning with its brightness diffused by reflection within clouds.
sheet metal
sheet met al ▶noun metal formed into thin sheets, typically by rolling or hammering.
sheet music
sheet mu sic |ʃit ˈmjuzɪk | ▶noun printed music, as opposed to performed or recorded music. • music published in single or interleaved sheets, not bound.
sheet pile
sheet pile ▶noun a pile that is pressed or molded from sheet metal or vinyl so as to interlock with other such piles to form a retaining wall or other piling installation. DERIVATIVES sheet-piling noun
Sheetrock
Sheet rock |ˈSHētˌräk ˈʃitˌrɑk | ▶noun trademark a plasterboard made of gypsum layered between sheets of heavy paper.
Oxford Dictionary
sheet
sheet 1 |ʃiːt | ▶noun 1 a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used on a bed to cover the mattress and as a layer beneath blankets when these are used. 2 a rectangular piece of paper, especially one of a standard size produced commercially and used for writing and printing on: a sheet of unmarked paper. • a quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper: he produced yet another sheet of figures. • Printing a flat piece of paper as opposed to a reel of continuous paper, the bound pages of a book, or a folded map. • all the postage stamps printed on one piece of paper: a sheet of 1p stamps. • a map, especially one part of a series covering a larger area. 3 a broad flat piece of material such as metal or glass: the small pipe has been formed from a flat sheet of bronze. • an extensive unbroken surface area of something: Loch Affric is a lovely sheet of water among trees | [ as modifier ] : sheet ice. • a broad moving mass of flames or water: the rain was still falling in sheets. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] cover with or wrap in a sheet of cloth: lorry drivers don't sheet their loads. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] (of rain ) fall in large quantities: rain sheeted down. PHRASES ( as ) white as a sheet (of a person ) very pale, especially from shock. ORIGIN Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project ’.
sheet
sheet 2 |ʃiːt |Nautical ▶noun 1 a rope attached to the lower corner of a sail for securing or extending the sail or for altering its direction. 2 (sheets ) the space at the bow or stern of an open boat. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (sheet something in /out ) make a sail more or less taut. • (sheet something home ) extend a sail by tightening the sheets so that the sail is set as flat as possible. PHRASES two (or three ) sheets to the wind informal drunk. ORIGIN Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail ’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief ’ (see also sheet 1 ).
sheet anchor
sheet an ¦chor ▶noun 1 an additional anchor for use in emergencies. 2 a very dependable person or thing. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: perhaps related to obsolete shot, denoting two cables spliced together, later influenced by sheet 2 .
sheet bend
sheet bend ▶noun a method of temporarily fastening one rope through the loop of another.
sheeted
sheeted ▶adjective 1 covered with or enveloped in a sheet of cloth: the sheeted body. 2 Geology (of rock ) fissured or divided into layers, especially by faulting.
sheet feeder
sheet feed ¦er ▶noun a device for feeding paper into a computer printer a sheet at a time.
sheeting
sheet |ing |ˈʃiːtɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] material formed into or used as a sheet: a window covered with plastic sheeting.
sheetlet
sheet |let ▶noun a small unseparated sheet of postage stamps.
sheet lightning
sheet light |ning ▶noun [ mass noun ] lightning with its brightness diffused by reflection within clouds.
sheet metal
sheet metal ▶noun [ mass noun ] metal formed into thin sheets, typically by rolling or hammering.
sheet music
sheet music ▶noun [ mass noun ] printed music, as opposed to performed or recorded music. • music published in single or interleaved sheets, not bound.
sheet pile
sheet pile ▶noun a pile that is pressed or molded from sheet metal or vinyl so as to interlock with other such piles to form a retaining wall or other piling installation. DERIVATIVES sheet-piling noun
Sheetrock
Sheet |rock |ˈʃiːtrɒk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] trademark, chiefly US a plasterboard made of gypsum layered between sheets of heavy paper.
American Oxford Thesaurus
sheet
sheet noun 1 (often sheets ) she changed the sheets: bed linen, linen, bedclothes. 2 a sheet of ice: layer, stratum, covering, blanket, coating, coat, film, skin. 3 a sheet of glass: pane, panel, piece, plate; slab. 4 she put a fresh sheet in the typewriter: piece of paper, leaf, page, folio. 5 a sheet of water: expanse, area, stretch, sweep.
Oxford Thesaurus
sheet
sheet noun 1 she changed the sheets and tidied the room: (sheets ) bed linen, linen, bedclothes. 2 the lake was covered with a sheet of ice: layer, stratum; covering, blanket, coating, coat, overlay, lamina, lamination, veneer, film, skin, membrane. 3 a sheet of glass: pane, panel, piece, plate; slab. 4 she ripped out the paper and put in a fresh sheet: piece of paper, leaf, page, folio. 5 the glistening sheet of water: expanse, area, stretch, sweep.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sheet
sheet 1 /ʃiːt /〖語源は 「ナプキン, タオル 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 シーツ , 敷布 ▸ change the sheets シーツを交換する .2 a. 〖通例a ～ of A 〗1枚のA 〈紙 ガラス 金属板など 〉 (!Aは U 名詞 ) ▸ a sheet of cardboard ボール紙1枚 ▸ a clean sheet of paper 何も書かれていない紙1枚 .b. 〖通例複合語で 〗情報の記載された印刷物 ▸ a fact sheet about A Aに関するデータ [表 ].c. 1枚の紙 ▸ an examination [answer ] sheet 試験 [答案 ]用紙 .3 〖通例a ～ of A 〗一面のA 〈氷 水など 〉 (!Aは U 名詞 ) ▸ A sheet of ice covered the lake .湖一面氷が張っていた .4 〖通例a ～/～s of A 〗急速に広がる [襲う ]大量のA 〈炎 雨など 〉 (!Aは U 名詞 ) .5 (切手の )シート ; ｟俗 ｠新聞 .a cl è an sh é et 過去に汚点のないこと, まっさらな状態 .(as ) wh ì te as a sh é et (恐怖 病気などで )〈顔が 〉真っ青で .in sh é ets 〈雨などが 〉激しく .～́ gl à ss 板ガラス .～́ ì ron 薄い鉄板 .～́ l ì ghtning 幕電光 〘稲光が雲に反射して空一帯が光ること 〙.～́ m è tal 薄い金属板 .～́ m ù sic 綴 （と ）じられていない楽譜 ; その音楽 .
sheet
sheet 2 名詞 C 〘海 〙1 〖しばしば複合語を作って 〗帆脚索 （ほあしづな ）, シート 〘帆の角度を調節するロープ 〙.2 〖～s 〗船首 [尾 ]座 .be thr è e sh é ets in [to ] the w í nd ｟俗 ｠ぐでんぐでんに酔っている .動詞 他動詞 〈帆 〉を帆脚索で引っ張る .～́ à nchor 1 〘海 〙(非常用の )大錨 （いかり ）.2 頼みの綱, (危険に際し )頼れる人 [物 ].
sheeting
sh é et ing 名詞 U 〖しばしば複合語で 〗1 シート (状のもの ); 敷布地 .2 板金 （ばんきん ）.
The Wordsmith Dictionary