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Sheaf
- noun - a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
Shear
- noun - (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves; "the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram"
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
- cut or cut through with shears; "shear the wool off the lamb"
- cut with shears; "shear hedges"
- shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
Sheba
- unknown - Biblical country. cf Queen of Sheba
Sheds
- noun - an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage
- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
- get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
- pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
Sheen
- noun - the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Sheep
- noun - a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"
- a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
- woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
Sheer
- adjective - cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- directly; "he fell sheer into the water"
- not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
- so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
- straight up or down without a break
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
Sheet
- noun - (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"
- (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
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
- bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
- come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
- cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
- newspaper with half-size pages
- paper used for writing or printing
Sheik
- noun - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- the leader of an Arab village or family