sheet

sheet
noun
1 large piece of fabric used on a bed
ADJECTIVE
clean, crisp, fresh

a pile of clean sheets

crumpled, rumpled (esp. AmE)

She had slept in her bed—the sheets were crumpled.

white
cool
soft
cotton, linen, rubber, satin, silk
bed
double, single
fitted
bottom, top
VERB + SHEET
change, fold, put on, tuck in

She changed the sheets on all the beds.

Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?

climb between, climb under
slide between, slide under, slip between, slip under

I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant.

cover sb/sth with, wrap sb/sth in

The police had covered the body with a sheet.

wrap

I simply wrapped the sheet around her.

pull back, pull over, pull up

I pulled the sheet up over my nose.

throw, throw back

I threw a sheet over the sofa.

He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed.

SHEET + VERB
cover
hang

sheets hung on a line

PREPOSITION
beneath a/the sheet, under a/the sheet
between the sheets

She lay between the cool sheets.

PHRASES
sheets and blankets
be white as a sheet (= look very pale)
2 piece of paper
ADJECTIVE
blank, clean

He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write.

A3, A4, etc. (not in the US)
large
printed

The advertisement was a single printed sheet.

loose, separate, single
folded
cover

a fax cover sheet

answer, data, fact, information, instruction (esp. AmE), record, score (BrE), sign-up (AmE), spec, stat (= statistics) (AmE), time

I sent for the free fact sheet on the disease.

They all wrote their names on a sign-up sheet.

balance (= record of company's finances)
charge (BrE), rap (informal, esp. AmE)
news (usually news-sheet), scandal
cheat (esp. AmE), crib

I need cheat sheets to help me cram for my exam.

VERB + SHEET
take, use

Take a clean sheet of paper and start again.

rip, tear

She tore a sheet out of her notebook.

SHEET + NOUN
music
PREPOSITION
sheet of

a sheet of blotting paper

PHRASES
a sheet of paper
3 flat thin piece of any material
ADJECTIVE
flat, large
thick, thin
baking (BrE), cookie (AmE)
dust (BrE)

The furniture was covered in dust sheets.

canvas, plastic, polythene
ice

the Antarctic ice sheet

SHEET + NOUN
metal, steel, vinyl

sheet-metal workers

rock (AmE)

A wall of sheet rock was placed down the middle.

lightning

The sky was lit up by great flashes of sheet lightning.

PREPOSITION
sheet of

a sheet of glass/plastic/metal

Sheets of flame shot into the air. (figurative)


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