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come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width used for writing or printing cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body" any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice" (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" newspaper with half-size pages a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
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