Definition of Sheaf

1. Noun. A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing.

Exact synonyms: Bundle
Specialized synonyms: Bale, Faggot, Fagot, Pack, Swag
Generic synonyms: Package, Parcel
Derivative terms: Bundle, Bundle

Definition of Sheaf

1. n. A sheave.

2. n. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

3. v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.

4. v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Definition of Sheaf

1. Noun. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. ¹

2. Noun. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle. ¹

3. Noun. A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer. ¹

4. Noun. (''unit'') A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four. ¹

5. Noun. (''mechanical'') A sheave. ¹

6. Noun. (mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets. W ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sheaf

1. to sheave [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sheave

Medical Definition of Sheaf

1. A sheave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheaf

she-devils
she-dog
she-goat
she-goats
she-male
she-males
she-oak
she-wolf
she-wolves
she could be his mother
shea
sheading
sheadings
sheaf (current term)
sheafed
sheafier
sheafiest
sheafing
sheafless
sheaflike
sheafs
sheafy
sheal
shealed
shealing
shealings
sheals
shear

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