sheet

sheet
ʃi:t
noun
1) (a broad piece of cloth eg for a bed: She put clean sheets on all the beds.) laken
2) (a large, thin, usually flat, piece: a sheet of paper/glass.) ark, (-)plate
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ark
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laken
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plate
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seil
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subst. \/ʃiːt\/
1) laken
• he turned pale as a sheet at the sight
han ble hvit som et laken ved synet
2) liksvøp
3) (poetisk) seil
4) (tynn) plate, skive
• it was covered with a sheet of metal
den var dekket av en metallplate
5) (matlaging) stekeplate
6) ark, blad
• give me a sheet of notepaper to write on
gi meg et papirark jeg kan skrive på
• some sheets of paper
noen papirark
• a sheet of postage stamps
et ark med frimerker
7) (slang) rulleblad
8) avis, tabloidavis
9) (vidstrakt) flate, vidde, speil, dekke
• the ground was covered in a sheet of fire
bakken var dekket av et flammehav
• a sheet of snow covered everything
et snødekke skjulte alt
• a sheet of water stretched out in front of her
en vidstrakt vannflate bredte seg ut foran henne
10) (sjøfart) skjøte (seil)
11) (geologi) (tynt, især vannrett) lag
between the sheets under dynen
a blank sheet et blankt ark
a clean sheet (overført) et plettfritt rulleblad (i f.eks. fotball) rent bur
come down in sheets øse ned
a flash of sheet lightning en kornmo
keep a clean sheet (sport) holde nullen
three sheets in the wind (slang) full
with flowing sheets (sjøfart) med avfirte skjøter
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verb \/ʃiːt\/
1) dekke til (med laken e.l.)
2) svøpe inn (i laken e.l.)
3) legge laken på
4) produsere i plater, valse til plater
5) (byggfag) stemple
sheet home eller sheet (sjøfart) hale tott (overført) legge på, feste ved
• responsibility was sheeted home to the management
ansvaret ble lagt på ledelsen

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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