What is the meaning of sheet?

noun

• Any broad thin expanse or surface.
  • usage: "a sheet of ice"
• Paper used for writing or printing.
  • synonyms: piece of paper, sheet of paper
• Bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs.
  • synonyms: bed sheet
• Mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape. (
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: plane
• Newspaper with half-size pages.
  • synonyms: tabloid, rag
• A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width.
  • synonyms: flat solid
• Nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.
  • synonyms: tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
• A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
  • synonyms: sail, canvas, canvass

verb

• Come down as if in sheets.
  • usage: "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
• Cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping.
  • usage: "sheet the body"