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The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.\nHolonyms: signature, quire\nMeronyms: leaf, folium, page\nA sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.\nPaper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds." }, { "mean": "A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.\nPlace the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes." }, { "mean": "A thin, flat layer of solid material.\nThe glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.\nA sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan." }, { "mean": "A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.\nMud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!" }, { "mean": "(nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.\nTo be \"three sheets to the wind\" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless." }, { "mean": "(nautical, nonstandard) A sail.\n1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. , London: Henry Herringman, , →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):Their folded Sheets dismiss the useless Air" }, { "mean": "(curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played." }, { "mean": "(nonstandard) A layer of veneer." }, { "mean": "(figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall." }, { "mean": "(geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata." }, { "mean": "(nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.\nfore sheets; stern sheets" }, { "mean": "(video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.\n1984 February, Sinclair Programs\nIf you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.\n1984, Chris Passey and Matthew Uffindell, Run It Again, in Crash issue 4 \nWhat distinguishes Eskimo Eddie from the others is that it has two totally different sheets in the game. In the first sheet, Frogger style, you have to rescue Percy penguin from Growler the bear." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.\nRemember to sheet the floor before you start painting.\nc. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets, / The barks of trees thou browsed'st." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To form into sheets." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.\nWe couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long." }, { "mean": "(nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }