Synonyms for sheet
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1. sheetnoun

   Synonyms:
   coating, blanket, layer, coat

2. sheetnoun

   Of rain, or other precipitation. To pour heavily.

   We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.

   Synonyms:
   page

3. sheetnoun

   A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

   Synonyms:
   rope

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1. sheetnoun

   any broad thin expanse or surface

   "a sheet of ice"

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

2. sheet, piece of paper, sheet of papernoun

   paper used for writing or printing

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

3. sheet, bed sheetnoun

   bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

4. plane, sheetnoun

   (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

   "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"

   Synonyms:
   plane, shroud, airplane, bed sheet, weather sheet, carpenter's plane, flat solid, tack, planing machine, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, woodworking plane, tabloid, canvas, rag, mainsheet, piece of paper, planer, aeroplane

5. tabloid, rag, sheetnoun

   newspaper with half-size pages

   Synonyms:
   plane, shroud, bed sheet, tag end, weather sheet, canvas, canvass, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, tatter, ragtime, shred, yellow journalism, tabloid, tab, mainsheet, rag, tag, piece of paper, rag week

6. sheet, flat solidnoun

   a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

   Synonyms:
   plane, sheet of paper, weather sheet, sail, rag, tack, bed sheet, canvass, piece of paper, flat solid, tabloid, shroud, canvas, mainsheet

7. sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroudnoun

   (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

   Synonyms:
   plane, bed sheet, weather sheet, canvas, pall, flat solid, tack, winding-sheet, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, tabloid, winding-clothes, saddlery, mainsheet, stable gear, cerement, piece of paper, rag, tacking

8. sail, canvas, canvass, sheetverb

   a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

   Synonyms:
   rag, canvas tent, bed sheet, public opinion poll, weather sheet, plane, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, poll, tabloid, mainsheet, canvas, opinion poll, piece of paper, cruise

9. sheetverb

   come down as if in sheets

   "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"

10. sheetverb

    cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

    "sheet the body"

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Cover
   • Expanse
   • Line
   • Math
   • Newspaper
   • Paper
   • Pour
   • Seafaring
   • Shape

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1. List of paraphrases for "sheet":

   leaf, map, road, sheets, feuille, worksheet, slip, fiche, plate, tarp, tarpaulin, blade, leaves, spreadsheet, piece, sheeting, bladed, zhang

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1. Brent Simmons:

   More and more plan sponsors are looking to insurance companies such as Sun Life to transfer that pension risk from their balance sheet over to the insurance company's balance sheet.

2. Imtiaz Mahtab:

   The key issue is K.A.Care does not belong to any particular ministry leading the initiative and does not have the balance sheet to conclude power purchase agreements directly, tIME-CONSUMING.

3. Kimberly Herndon:

   There was no trying about it. The sheet she gave out was pure doctrine in its origin, i will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian.

4. Vicente Ortiz:

   Until 2007, our plan was sell, sell and grow. But in 2008, we saw we had to quickly get the balance sheet under control.

5. Kyle Sanders:

   A bank's balance sheet is the engine for profit growth, the constraints on Well's ability to take on deposits and make new loans will likely result in lagging earnings growth for Wells relative to peers in the near-term.