Sheet Paper Clean ʃiːt I Put Bed Writing

• have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)?
• he slid between the sheets and closed his eyes.
• white bed sheets
• a clean/blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it)

sheet

1. a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie on or lie under
• SEE ALSO dust sheet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dust-sheet
• Have you changed the sheets (= put clean sheets on the bed)?
• He slid between the sheets and closed his eyes.
• white bed sheets

Extra Examples

• Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?
• He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed.
• I pulled the sheet up over my nose.
• I simply wrapped the sheet around her.
• I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.
• I threw a sheet over the sofa.
• She had slept in her bed—the sheets were crumpled.
• She lay between the cool sheets.
• The police had covered the body with a sheet.
• The baby was wrapped in a sheet.
2. a piece of paper for writing or printing on, etc. usually in a standard size
• SEE ALSO balance sheet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/balance-sheet
• a clean/blank sheet of paper (= with no writing on it)
• a sheet of A4
• Start each answer on a fresh sheet.
• Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception.

Extra Examples

• He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write.
• Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.
• She tore a sheet out of her notebook.
• The advertisement was a single printed sheet.
• a sheet of blotting paper
3. a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or rectangular
• SEE ALSO baking sheet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/baking-sheet
• a sheet of glass/plastic/plywood/steel
• sheet metal (= metal that has been made into thin sheets)
4. a wide flat area of something, covering the surface of something else
• SEE ALSO ice sheet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ice-sheet
• The road was covered with a sheet of ice.

Extra Examples

• Sheets of lava poured out.
• Most of the surface is covered by a sheet of clay.
5. a large moving mass of fire or water
• a sheet of flame
• The rain was coming down in sheets (= very heavily).
6. a rope or chain fastened to the lower corner of a sail to hold it and to control the angle of the sail
7. a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done
• No government operates with a completely clean sheet.
• They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them).

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 5 Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’.