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sheet(3) (iou)



sheet verb1. E17.
[from SHEET noun1.]
verb trans. Wrap or fold (as) in a sheet or protective covering. E17.
J. P. Kennedy The pale moon that now sheeted with its light her whole figure. P. Wayre Our Land Rover..was sheeted and lashed to the fore-deck.
verb trans. Form into sheets; spread a sheet or layer of a substance on (a surface); cover (a surface) with a sheet of snow, ice, etc. Also foll. by with. E17.
verb trans. Provide or cover (a bed) with sheets. Now chiefly US. E18.
verb intrans. Spread or flow in a sheet; (of rain) fall in sheets (freq. foll. by down). M19.
W. McIlvanney The river..stretching tight as a skin and sheeting over a three-foot drop.