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sheaves

sheaves
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sheevz]
    • /ʃivz/
    • /ʃiːvz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sheevz]
    • /ʃivz/

Definitions of sheaves word

  • noun sheaves a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope. 1
  • noun sheaves a wheel with a grooved rim, for transmitting force to a cable or belt. 1
  • noun plural sheaves one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping. 1
  • noun plural sheaves any bundle, cluster, or collection: a sheaf of papers. 1
  • verb with object sheaves to gather, collect, or bind into a sheaf or sheaves. 1
  • noun sheaves Sheaves is the plural of sheaf. 0
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Origin of sheaves

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English shefe (noun), Old English schēaf; cognate with Dutch schoof sheaf, German Schaub wisp of straw, Old Norse skauf tail of a fox

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Parts of speech for Sheaves

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sheaves

sheaves popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sheaves

noun sheaves

  • haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
  • haystacks — Plural form of haystack.
  • wads — Plural form of wad.
All 3 Synonyms of sheaves

Antonyms for sheaves

noun sheaves

  • ditches — Plural form of ditch.
  • ones — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
All 2 Antonyms of sheaves

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Related words

  • sheaf

    one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.

  • binder twine

    a strong, coarse twine, as of sisal, used especially in binding sheaves of grain and bales of hay.

  • chesstree

    (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves, attached to the topside of a sailing vessel, through which the windward tack of a course was rove.

  • double block

    a block having two sheaves or pulleys.

  • fairlead

    a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.

  • fourfold block

    a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
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