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• sheaf — [[t]ʃi͟ːf[/t]] sheaves 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A sheaf of papers is a number of them held or fastened together. He took out a sheaf of papers and leafed through them. 2) N COUNT A sheaf of corn or wheat is a number of corn or wheat plants that… …   English dictionary

• sheaf — noun (plural sheaves) Etymology: Middle English sheef, from Old English scēaf; akin to Old High German scoub sheaf, Russian chub forelock Date: before 12th century 1. a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sheaf — sheaflike, adj. /sheef/, n., pl. sheaves, v. n. 1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping. 2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. v.t. 3. to bind (something) into a sheaf or… …   Universalium

• sheaf — [[t]ʃif[/t]] n. pl. sheaves 1) agr. one of the bundles in which cereal plants are bound after reaping 2) any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 900; ME shefe (n.), OE schēaf, c. OS skōf, OHG scoub sheaf, wisp …   From formal English to slang

• sheaf — /ʃif / (say sheef) noun (plural sheaves) 1. one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping. 2. any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. 3. a bouquet of long stemmed flowers. –verb (t) 4. to… …  

• sheaf — ► NOUN (pl. sheaves) 1) a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping. 2) a bundle of objects, especially papers. ► VERB ▪ bundle into sheaves. ORIGIN Old English, related to SHOVE(Cf. ↑shove) …   English terms dictionary