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sheet
verb
to
cover
something
with
a
sheet
of
material
•
Workers
sheeted
the
roof
with
corrugated
metal
.
Workers
sheeted
the
roof
with
corrugated
metal
.
•
Before
painting
,
she
sheets
the
floor
with
plastic
.
Before
painting
,
she
sheets
the
floor
with
plastic
.
Verbal
use
recorded
since
the
18th
century
,
derived
from
the
noun
sense
of
placing
sheets
over
something
.
verb
to
move
,
fall
,
or
spread
in
a
wide
continuous
layer
•
Rain
sheeted
down
the
mountainside
.
Rain
sheeted
down
the
mountainside
.
•
Steam
sheets
across
the
kitchen
when
the
lid
is
lifted
.
Steam
sheets
across
the
kitchen
when
the
lid
is
lifted
.
Figurative
intransitive
sense
arose
in
the
19th
century
,
influenced
by
imagery
of
water
spreading
like
cloth
.
