noun
1 large piece of fabric used on a bed
ADJECTIVE
▪ clean , crisp , fresh
▪
a pile of clean ~s
▪ crumpled , rumpled ( esp. AmE )
▪
She had slept in her bed—the ~s 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 ~s on all the beds.
▪
Could you put some fresh ~s on the bed?
▪ climb between , climb under
▪ slide between , slide under , slip between , slip under
▪
I slipped under the ~s and was asleep in an instant.
▪ cover sb/sth with , wrap sb/sth in
▪
The police had covered the body with a ~.
▪ wrap
▪
I simply wrapped the ~ around her.
▪ pull back , pull over , pull up
▪
I pulled the ~ up over my nose.
▪ throw , throw back
▪
I threw a ~ over the sofa.
▪
He threw back the ~s and rolled out of bed.
SHEET + VERB
▪ cover
▪ hang
▪
~s hung on a line
PREPOSITION
▪ beneath a/the ~ , under a/the ~
▪ between the ~s
▪
She lay between the cool ~s.
PHRASES
▪ ~s and blankets
▪ be white as a ~ (= look very pale)
2 piece of paper
ADJECTIVE
▪ blank , clean
▪
He grabbed a blank ~ of paper and began to write.
▪ A3 , A4 , etc. ( not in the US )
▪ large
▪ printed
▪
The advertisement was a single printed ~.
▪ loose , separate , single
▪ folded
▪ cover
▪
a fax cover ~
▪ answer , data , fact , information , instruction ( esp. AmE ), record , score ( BrE ), sign-up ( AmE ), spec , stat (= statistics) ( AmE ), time
▪
I sent for the free fact ~ on the disease.
▪
They all wrote their names on a sign-up ~.
▪ balance (= record of company's finances)
▪ charge ( BrE ), rap ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪ news (usually news-sheet ) , scandal
▪ cheat ( esp. AmE ), crib
▪
I need cheat ~s to help me cram for my exam.
VERB + SHEET
▪ take , use
▪
Take a clean ~ of paper and start again.
▪ rip , tear
▪
She tore a ~ out of her notebook.
SHEET + NOUN
▪ music
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of blotting paper
PHRASES
▪ a ~ 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 ~s.
▪ canvas , plastic , polythene
▪ ice
▪
the Antarctic ice ~
SHEET + NOUN
▪ metal , steel , vinyl
▪
sheet-metal workers
▪ rock ( AmE )
▪
A wall of ~ rock was placed down the middle.
▪ lightning
▪
The sky was lit up by great flashes of ~ lightning.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of glass/plastic/metal
▪
Sheets of flame shot into the air. ( figurative )