# sheets

Pronunciation: say "SHEETS" US /ʃits/, UK /ʃiːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of sheet. — plural of sheet
   - Simple: Plural of sheet. Use this form when you mean more than one sheet.
   - _He stacked the printed sheets neatly on the corner of the desk._
   - _The laundry line sagged under the weight of damp sheets._
2. A great amount of rain or other precipitation coming down in broad, flat masses. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A large amount of rain falling in wide, flat masses.
   - _We watched from the porch as sheets of rain swept across the empty parking lot._
   - _The storm dumped sheets of water on the valley within minutes._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of sheet. — third-person singular simple present indicative of sheet
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of sheet. Use it with a single subject like rain or it.
   - _Water sheets off the steep roof and pools along the foundation._
   - _When the squall hits, rain sheets across the harbor in gray waves._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sheets (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).