🌾 A grain bundle 🪢 To thread a rope ⚙️ A grooved wheel 🌾 To bundle grain

to sheave

9.9

To bind cut grain stalks into a bundle

verb
/ʃiv/

Archaic

: atar en gavillas

It was common to sheave the grain in the field before transporting it to the barn.

Examples

Farmers used to sheave the barley by hand before modern machinery was invented.
Farmers sheave the wheat after the harvest.
After harvesting, the workers sheaved the wheat into neat bundles for drying.
They sheaved the cut stalks neatly in the field.
After harvesting the wheat, the farmers sheaved the stalks into neat bundles.
She carefully sheaved the cut grain to prepare it for storage.
In the golden fields, the workers sheaved the tall grass into manageable piles.

Synonyms

to bundle

vsto sheave

50 2.9

To tie things together

is used only for tying cut grain stalks together

Antonyms

to scatter

110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

to unbind

3 6.4

To free something by untying ropes or cords

How Tightly

to bind

132 3.2

to sheave

Archaic

9.9

to bunch

30 1.2

to gather

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

sheave infinitive

sheaved past

sheaved past participle

sheaving present participle

sheaves third person singular

Etymology

Sheave (verb: bind grain) To sheave (verb) means to bind cut grain into a sheaf, that is, to tie the stalks into a 'bundle' for carrying or drying.