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- Dictionarysheaf/ʃiːf/
noun
- 1. a bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping.
verb
- 1. bundle into sheaves: "the corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked"
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SHEAF definition: 1. a number of things, especially pieces of paper or plant stems, that are held or tied together…. Learn more.
a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together; something resembling a sheaf of grain… See the full definition
Sheaf definition: one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.. See examples of SHEAF used in a sentence.
Each is a sheaf — a tied up bundle of something ready for storage or carrying. Although sheaf almost always refers to bundles of paper, there's one striking exception to this, as any fan of Robin Hood knows.
SHEAF meaning: 1. a number of things, especially pieces of paper or plant stems, that are held or tied together…. Learn more.
Definition of 'sheaf' Word Frequency. sheaf. (ʃiːf ) Word forms: plural sheaves. 1. countable noun. A sheaf of papers is a number of them held or fastened together. He took out a sheaf of papers and leafed through them. [ + of] Synonyms: bundle, mass, pile, bunch More Synonyms of sheaf. 2. countable noun.
1. A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine. 2. A collection of items held or bound together: a sheaf of printouts. 3. An archer's quiver. tr.v. sheafed, sheaf·ing, sheafs. To gather and bind into a bundle. [Middle English sheef, from Old English scēaf .]
Definition of sheaf noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Summary. Definitions of 'sheaf' 1. A sheaf of papers is a number of them held or fastened together. [...] 2. A sheaf of corn or wheat is a number of corn or wheat plants that have been cut down and tied together. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'sheaf' American English: ʃif British English: ʃiːf. More. Conjugations of 'sheaf'
sheaf - definition, audio pronunciation and more for sheaf: 1. several pieces of paper held together: 2. several pieces of wheat or corn (= plant for grain…: See more in Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary.
