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  1. 1. v. t. In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. A single signature of a book or a pamphlet; Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. the book itself. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. A broad expanse of water, or the like. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. A sail. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. t. An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. Source: opted
  10. 10. v. t. A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom. Source: opted
  11. 11. v. t. The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets. Source: opted
  12. 12. v. t. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. Source: opted
  13. 13. v. t. To expand, as a sheet. Source: opted

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