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sheaf
[ sheef ]
noun
- one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- any bundle, cluster, or collection:
a sheaf of papers.
verb (used with object)
- to bind (something) into a sheaf or sheaves.
sheaf
/ ʃiːf /
noun
- a bundle of reaped but unthreshed corn tied with one or two bonds
- a bundle of objects tied together
- the arrows contained in a quiver
verb
- tr to bind or tie into a sheaf
Other Words From
- sheaflike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheaf1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sheaf1
Example Sentences
A handful of places responded to our public records request with a sheaf of court documents and told us to figure out the totals on our own.
Instead of merely giving me a few data points to learn from, The Exchange wound up collecting sheafs of interesting data from upstart companies with big Q3 performance.
We would get a sheaf of papers and pencils and listen to the tapes.
It was months after the assignment when, at last, I presented to Murcko a thick sheaf of pages.
She started what she called her "lecture" with a fat sheaf of papers in front of her, from which she proceeded to read.
No, I don't have a sheaf of short stories buried in a drawer.
In one hand she carried a sheaf of Clinton literature; in the other she was lugging a stack of large yard signs.
Rarely, sodium urate occurs in crystalline form—slender prisms, arranged in fan- or sheaf-like structures (Fig. 32).
A wisp of wheat was knotted round her neck for a necklace, and a perfect sheaf of it in her hair.
Ward busied himself with a sheaf of morning mail and miscellaneous police circulars.
Her hat was covered with poppies and wild azalea, and she had a sheaf of buttercups and "blue eyes" in her belt.
The two contestants mounted new horses and sat face to face; behind each stood an attendant with the sheaf of reed lances.
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