name · noun · verb · 31 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ʃiːt/
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US:/ʃit/
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rhymes with -iːt
CMU ARPABET:SH IY1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A village and civil parish in East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England, previously in Petersfield parish (OS grid ref SU7524).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A small village in Ludford parish, next to Ludlow, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5374).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
Paper is designated “20 pound” if a stack (ream) of 500 sheets 22 inches by 17 inches weighs 20 pounds.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
A sheet of that new silicon stuff is as good as a sheet of tinfoil to keep food from sticking in the baking pan.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
An expanse of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
To 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
A sail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).
A minced oath of shit.
Across languages
Translations
225 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fletë
— sheet of paper
Arabic:
وَرَقَة
(waraqa)
— sheet of paper
Arabic:
وَرَق
(waraq)
— sheet of paper
Armenian:
թերթ
(tʻertʻ)
— sheet of paper
Aromanian:
acoalã
— sheet of paper
Aromanian:
frãndzã
— sheet of paper
Azerbaijani:
vərəq
— sheet of paper
Belarusian:
ліст
(list)
— sheet of paper
Belarusian:
а́ркуш
(árkuš)
— sheet of paper
Bengali:
পাত
(pat)
— sheet of paper
Bengali:
চাদর
(cador)
— sheet of paper
Bulgarian:
лист
(list)
— sheet of paper
Burmese:
အရွက်
(a.rwak)
— sheet of paper
Burmese:
အချပ်
(a.hkyap)
— sheet of paper
Catalan:
full
— sheet of paper
Chinese Mandarin:
篇
(piān)
— sheet of paper
Chinese Mandarin:
張 /张
(zhāng)
— sheet of paper
Czech:
list
— sheet of paper
Czech:
arch
— sheet of paper
Danish:
ark
— sheet of paper
Danish:
blad
— sheet of paper
Dutch:
blad
— sheet of paper
Egyptian:
q:a-H-V12
(qꜥḥ)
— sheet of paper
Esperanto:
folio
— sheet of paper
Estonian:
leht
— sheet of paper
Finnish:
arkki
— sheet of paper
Finnish:
paperiarkki
— sheet of paper
French:
feuille
— sheet of paper
Galician:
folla
— sheet of paper
Georgian:
ფურცელი
(purceli)
— sheet of paper
German:
Blatt
— sheet of paper
German:
Bogen
— sheet of paper
Greek:
φύλλο
(fýllo)
— sheet of paper
Hebrew:
דַּף
(daf)
— sheet of paper
Hebrew:
גִּלָּיוֹן
(gillayón)
— sheet of paper
Hindi:
पत्र
(patra)
— sheet of paper
Hindi:
चद्दर
(caddar)
— sheet of paper
Hungarian:
lap
— sheet of paper
Icelandic:
blað
— sheet of paper
Ingrian:
lehti
— sheet of paper
Irish:
leathanach
— sheet of paper
Italian:
foglio
— sheet of paper
Japanese:
枚
(mai)
— sheet of paper
Japanese:
シート
(shīto)
— sheet of paper
Kazakh:
парақ
(paraq)
— sheet of paper
Kazakh:
табақ
(tabaq)
— sheet of paper
Kazakh:
бет
(bet)
— sheet of paper
Khmer:
ស្លឹក
(slək)
— sheet of paper
Korean:
장
(jang)
— sheet of paper
Korean:
시트
(siteu)
— sheet of paper
Kyrgyz:
барак
(barak)
— sheet of paper
Kyrgyz:
табак
(tabak)
— sheet of paper
Kyrgyz:
лист
(list)
— sheet of paper
Lao:
ຜືນ
(phư̄n)
— sheet of paper
Lao:
ປັນນະ
(pan na)
— sheet of paper
Latin:
folium
— sheet of paper
Latin:
scida
— sheet of paper
Latvian:
lapa
— sheet of paper
Latvian:
loksne
— sheet of paper
Lithuanian:
lapas
— sheet of paper
Luxembourgish:
Blat
— sheet of paper
Macedonian:
лист
(list)
— sheet of paper
Māori:
rau
— sheet of paper
Māori:
whārangi
— sheet of paper
Mazanderani:
ولگ
— sheet of paper
Mongolian:
хуудас
(xuudas)
— sheet of paper
Norwegian Bokmål:
ark
— sheet of paper
Norwegian Bokmål:
blad
— sheet of paper
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ark
— sheet of paper
Norwegian Nynorsk:
blad
— sheet of paper
Dari:
بَرْگَه
(barga)
— sheet of paper
Dari:
وَرَقَه
(waraqa)
— sheet of paper
Iranian Persian:
بَرْگِه
(barge)
— sheet of paper
Iranian Persian:
وَرَقِه
(varaġe)
— sheet of paper
Polish:
arkusz
— sheet of paper
Polish:
kartka (papieru)
— sheet of paper
Portuguese:
folha
— sheet of paper
Romagnol:
fój
— sheet of paper
Romanian:
foaie
— sheet of paper
Russian:
лист
(list)
— sheet of paper
Russian:
листо́к
(listók)
— sheet of paper
Scottish Gaelic:
duilleag
— sheet of paper
Serbo-Croatian:
ли̑ст
— sheet of paper
Serbo-Croatian:
lȋst
— sheet of paper
Sicilian:
fogghiu
— sheet of paper
Slovak:
list
— sheet of paper
Slovene:
list
— sheet of paper
Spanish:
hoja
— sheet of paper
Spanish:
folio
— sheet of paper
Spanish:
pliego
— sheet of paper
Spanish:
foja
— sheet of paper
Spanish:
mica
— sheet of paper
Swedish:
ark
— sheet of paper
Swedish:
pappersark
— sheet of paper
Swedish:
blad
— sheet of paper
Tajik:
варақа
(varaqa)
— sheet of paper
Tarifit:
afar
— sheet of paper
Thai:
แผ่น
(pɛ̀n)
— sheet of paper
Turkish:
varak
— sheet of paper
Turkish:
sayfa
— sheet of paper
Ottoman Turkish:
كاغد
(kâğıd)
— sheet of paper
Turkmen:
sahypa
— sheet of paper
Turkmen:
ýaprak
— sheet of paper
Ukrainian:
а́ркуш
(árkuš)
— sheet of paper
Ukrainian:
лист
(lyst)
— sheet of paper
Uyghur:
ۋاراق
(waraq)
— sheet of paper
Uzbek:
varaq
— sheet of paper
Uzbek:
list
— sheet of paper
Venetan:
fojo
— sheet of paper
Venetan:
fogio
— sheet of paper
Vietnamese:
tờ
— sheet of paper
Yiddish:
בויגן
(boygn)
— sheet of paper
Yiddish:
בלאַט
(blat)
— sheet of paper
Bulgarian:
тава́
(tavá)
— flat metal pan for baking
Catalan:
safata
— flat metal pan for baking
Czech:
plech
— flat metal pan for baking
Finnish:
pelti
— flat metal pan for baking
Finnish:
uunipelti
— flat metal pan for baking
French:
plaque
— flat metal pan for baking
German:
Blech
— flat metal pan for baking
Greek:
λαμαρίνα
(lamarína)
— flat metal pan for baking
Italian:
teglia da forno
— flat metal pan for baking
Macedonian:
тава
(tava)
— flat metal pan for baking
Iranian Persian:
تابِه
(tâbe)
— flat metal pan for baking
Iranian Persian:
ماهی تابِه
(mâhi tâbe)
— flat metal pan for baking
Russian:
про́тивень
(prótivenʹ)
— flat metal pan for baking
Slovene:
plošča
— flat metal pan for baking
Armenian:
թիթեղ
(tʻitʻeġ)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Bulgarian:
фо́лио
(fólio)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Catalan:
planxa
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Czech:
plát
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Czech:
tabule
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Czech:
plech
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Dutch:
blad
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Dutch:
laag
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Finnish:
levy
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Finnish:
arkki
— thin, flat layer of solid material
French:
feuille
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Galician:
folla
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Galician:
lámina
— thin, flat layer of solid material
German:
Blatt
— thin, flat layer of solid material
German:
Platte
— thin, flat layer of solid material
German:
Lage
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Greek:
φύλλο
(fýllo)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Ancient Greek:
ἔλασμα
(élasma)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Hindi:
पत्ती
(pattī)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Ingrian:
lehti
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Irish:
leathanach
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Italian:
foglio
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Italian:
lamiera
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Italian:
lastra
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Iranian Persian:
وَرَقِه
(varaġe)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Polish:
arkusz
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Portuguese:
lâmina
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Russian:
лист
(list)
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Slovene:
list
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Spanish:
lámina
— thin, flat layer of solid material
Bulgarian:
слой
(sloj)
— expanse of material on a surface
Bulgarian:
пласт
(plast)
— expanse of material on a surface
Czech:
plát
— expanse of material on a surface
Czech:
tabule
— expanse of material on a surface
Dutch:
laag
— expanse of material on a surface
Finnish:
kerros
— expanse of material on a surface
German:
Schicht
— expanse of material on a surface
Greek:
επίστρωμα
(epístroma)
— expanse of material on a surface
Greek:
στρώμα
(stróma)
— expanse of material on a surface
Portuguese:
capa
— expanse of material on a surface
Russian:
лист
(list)
— expanse of material on a surface
Russian:
слой
(sloj)
— expanse of material on a surface
Russian:
пласт
(plast)
— expanse of material on a surface
Spanish:
capa
— expanse of material on a surface
Bulgarian:
шкот
(škot)
— rope to adjust a sail
Catalan:
escota
— rope to adjust a sail
Danish:
skøde
— rope to adjust a sail
Dutch:
schoot
— rope to adjust a sail
Esperanto:
ŝkoto
— rope to adjust a sail
Finnish:
jalus
— rope to adjust a sail
Finnish:
skuutti
— rope to adjust a sail
French:
écoute
— rope to adjust a sail
German:
Schot
— rope to adjust a sail
Hebrew:
מֵיתָר
(meytar)
— rope to adjust a sail
Hebrew:
מֵיתַר קֶֶרֶן
(meytar keren)
— rope to adjust a sail
Italian:
scotta
— rope to adjust a sail
Macedonian:
јаже
(jaže)
— rope to adjust a sail
Māori:
waha
— rope to adjust a sail
Middle English:
schete
— rope to adjust a sail
Norman:
êcoute
— rope to adjust a sail
Portuguese:
escota
— rope to adjust a sail
Russian:
шкот
(škot)
— rope to adjust a sail
Spanish:
escota
— rope to adjust a sail
Swedish:
skot
— rope to adjust a sail
Tagalog:
laskuta
— rope to adjust a sail
Bulgarian:
платно́
(platnó)
— sail
Finnish:
purje
— sail
Finnish:
rätti
— sail
Greek:
σκότα
(skóta)
— sail
Italian:
scotta
— sail
Māori:
hēra
— sail
Māori:
rā
— sail
Māori:
kōmaru
— sail
Māori:
rāwhara
— sail
Iranian Persian:
بادْبان
(bâdbân)
— sail
Russian:
па́рус
(párus)
— sail
Finnish:
rata
— area on ice for curling game
Swedish:
bana
— area on ice for curling game
Bulgarian:
фурни́р
(furnír)
— layer of veneer
Finnish:
viilu
— layer of veneer
Macedonian:
фурнир
(furnir)
— layer of veneer
Russian:
фане́ра
(fanéra)
— layer of veneer
Czech:
provazy deště
— heavy precipitation resembling a wall
Finnish:
sadeseinämä
— heavy precipitation resembling a wall
Bulgarian:
пласт
(plast)
— geology: extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata
Finnish:
laavakerros
— geology: extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata
Catalan:
escota
— nautical: space where there are no rowers
French:
écoute
— nautical: space where there are no rowers
