Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.
(2) - Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
(3) - Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
(4) - Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
(5) - Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
(6) - Sheet (v. t.) A sail.
(7) - Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.
(8) - Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
(9) - Sheet (v. t.) the book itself.
(10) - Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
(11) - Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
(12) - Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
(13) - Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

(1) - Sheeting (n.) The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
(2) - Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
(3) - Sheeting (n.) Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
(4) - Sheeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sheet