Sheaf

What do we mean by sheaf?

A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine. noun

A collection of items held or bound together. noun

An archer's quiver. noun

To gather and bind into a bundle. transitive verb

A bundle or collection. noun

Specifically noun

A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats, or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw. noun

A bundle of twenty-four arrows, the number furnished to an archer and carried by him at one time. noun

A bundle of steel containing thirty gads or ingots. noun

In geometry, a doubly infinite manifold of curves or surfaces comprising all which fulfil certain general conditions and also pass through certain fixed points; especially, a manifold of points or planes passing through one fixed point. noun

Synonyms sheaf, Shock, Stack, Rick. A sheaf is about an armful of the stalks of any small grain, tied at the middle into a bundle; a shock is a pile of sheaves, generally from ten to twelve, standing upright or leaning together, sometimes with two or three laid across the top to turn off rain; a stack or rick is a much larger pile, constructed carefully to stand for some time, and thatched or covered, or so built as to keep out rain. In the United States the word stack is much more common than rick. noun

To collect and bind; make sheaves of.

To make sheaves.

Same as sheave. noun

A sheave. noun

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves. transitive verb

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

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. noun

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. intransitive verb

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

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

Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.

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

A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.

A sheave.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to sheaf:
sheaf, shear, shelf, shead, shea, sheap, sheal, sheat, seaf, heaf, shean, sheas, shef, shaf, shoaf, sleaf.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sheaf:
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Words that rhyme with sheaf:
leaf, relief, brief, motif, belief, thief, chief, grief, beef, reef, saif, debrief, massif, leitmotif, lief, aperitif, fief, disbelief, reif, sharif, cloverleaf, bas-relief, leif, prief, seif, elongate leaf, bay leaf, coral reef, greif, interleaf, gold leaf, keef, kief, seed leaf, commander in chief, fig leaf, tea leaf, ground beef, in brief, rief, roast beef, high relief, matif, sneak thief, false belief, longleaf, okeeffe, barrier reef, greenleaf, erroneous belief, arab chief, graef, low relief, police chief, naef, fire chief, painted leaf, half relief, keefe, psychotic belief, reiff, strong belief, compound leaf, tribal chief, cattle thief, bible leaf, bully beef, cut of beef, neef, okeefe, legal brief, religious belief, walking leaf, corn beef, floral leaf, stief, indian chief, scale leaf, side of beef, lobed leaf, grefe, entire leaf, satin leaf, seife, lanceolate leaf, paint leaf, obtuse leaf, serrate leaf, oakleaf, simple leaf, japanese leaf, flannel leaf, parted leaf, linear leaf, ovate leaf, graeff, oblong leaf, graefe, greiff, hafif.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sheaf:
last, thick, first, whole, little, small, great, large, thin, golden, tenth, single, wheat, slender, cap, huge, bound, full, folded, heavy, big, yellow, ripe, ninth, loose, fat, third, stapled, corn, ripened, enormous, neat, foamy, slim, fresh, coherent, usual, rich, bearded, immense, scattered, bulky, green, tiny, formidable, generous, luminous, mutual, sacred, precious, tithe, bean, impressive, portly, untidy, parallel, barley, goodly, wave, unthreshed, latest, copious, modest, magnificent, dazzling, rye, rolled.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sheaf:
binders, offering, oats, form, child, straw, holders, binder, quartz, chaff.

Consonant match to sheaf:
chef, shiff, schiff, shuff, schaff, shaff, scheff, schuff, schoff, schaaf, shoaf, shoff, scherf, schoof, scherff, shoaff, schauf, sheff.

Words that sound like sheaf:
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