{
    "term": "sheet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/be/beds.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie on or lie under",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you **changed the sheets** *(= put clean sheets on the bed)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He slid between the sheets and closed his eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "white bed sheets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Could you put some fresh sheets on the bed?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He threw back the sheets and rolled out of bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I pulled the sheet up over my nose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I simply wrapped the sheet around her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I slipped under the sheets and was asleep in an instant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I threw a sheet over the sofa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had slept in her bed—the sheets were crumpled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay between the cool sheets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police had covered the body with a sheet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The baby was wrapped in a sheet."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clean", "crisp", "fresh"],
                "verb + sheet": ["change", "fold", "put on"],
                "sheet + verb": ["cover", "hang"],
                "preposition": [
                    "beneath a/​the sheet",
                    "under a/​the sheet",
                    "between the sheets"
                ],
                "phrases": ["sheets and blankets", "be white as a sheet"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of paper for writing or printing on, etc. usually in a standard size",
            "sensetop": "sheet of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **clean/blank sheet of paper** *(= with no writing on it)*",
                    "contextForm": "sheet of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sheet of A4"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Start each answer on a fresh sheet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He grabbed a blank sheet of paper and began to write."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take a clean sheet of paper and start again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tore a sheet out of her notebook."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The advertisement was a single printed sheet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sheet of blotting paper"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["blank", "clean", "A3"],
                "verb + sheet": ["take", "use", "rip"],
                "sheet + noun": ["music"],
                "preposition": ["sheet of"],
                "phrases": ["a sheet of paper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or rectangular",
            "sensetop": "sheet of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sheet of glass/plastic/plywood/steel",
                    "contextForm": "sheet of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**sheet metal** *(= metal that has been made into thin sheets)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["flat", "large", "thick"],
                "sheet + noun": ["metal", "steel", "vinyl"],
                "preposition": ["sheet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a wide flat area of something, covering the surface of something else",
            "sensetop": "sheet of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The road was covered with a sheet of ice.",
                    "contextForm": "sheet of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sheets of lava poured out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the surface is covered by a sheet of clay."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["flat", "large", "thick"],
                "sheet + noun": ["metal", "steel", "vinyl"],
                "preposition": ["sheet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a large moving mass of fire or water",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a sheet of flame"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain was coming down **in sheets** *(= very heavily)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a rope or chain fastened to the lower corner of a sail to hold it and to control the angle of the sail",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No government operates with a completely clean sheet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They kept a clean sheet in the match *(= no goals were scored against them)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃiːt/",
                "audio": "sh/sheet/sheet__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃiːt/",
                "audio": "sh/sheet/sheet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 5 Old English scēte, scīete, of Germanic origin; related to the verb shoot in its primary sense ‘to project’.noun sense 6 Old English scēata ‘lower corner of a sail’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skauti ‘kerchief’."
}