to sheet
- verb
- /ʃiːt/
- Daddy would take me out with him on winter nights to cut doughnuts in ice-sheeted parking lots.
- sheeting rain
- water sheeted
Examples
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The clouds darkened during the day, and soon a low front appeared and sheeted across under the cumulus in long raked strips of black.
Fiction book (2000) -
Water sheeted up to either side, and she found herself hoping that at least one of Lo-Moth's employees had been in range.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sky split; rain began sheeting down.
Fiction book (1995) -
Someone had climbed out of it and was walking toward the entrance, the lit rain sheeting down behind him.
Fiction book (1998) -
By the time I leave to cash my bet nearly an hour later, it is sheeting rain on the clubhouse apron and the six of us are friends for life.
Fiction book (2001) -
Holding the stop sign, she stood exposed at the front, her straw-white hair glimmering in the heat waves sheeting off the pavement.
Fiction book (1998) -
I followed her up, pressed harder, and suddenly there was a warm liquid coming out of her, a great gout of something sheeting across my cheeks, down my chin, splashing onto the comforter.
Fiction book (2002) -
As the storm approached, rain started to sheet down, soaking everything in its path.
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The heavy snow began to sheet down, covering the streets in a thick layer.
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When the storm hit, hail began to sheet down relentlessly, creating a deafening sound on the roof.
Synonyms
To fall from clouds as small drops of water
To trail out in a long, flowing way behind something
To rain very heavily
To rain very hard
To pour a lot of water from the sky
Falling in a heavy, steady flow like strong rain
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Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A document that shows what a company owns, what it owes, and its value on a date
- Specialized
A file that tells a web page how to look, for example fonts and colors
- Literature
A short paper that gives advice and guesses about business, stocks, or horse racing
- Specialized
A row of metal boards pushed into the ground to hold back soil or water
- Jargon
A knot used to join one rope to another, even when they are different thicknesses
- Specialized
The job of shaping and joining thin metal sheets to make building parts like vents
- Specialized
Looking at a company's money, debts, and owners' share to judge its financial health
- Specialized
A diagram that shows the order of steps in a process, like a computer program or accounting system
- Specialized
A large sheet of paper printed with many pages before cutting or folding
- Specialized
A long flat piece of metal, wood, or concrete driven into the ground to hold back soil and water
- Specialized
A thin flat metal made by rolling or hammering used for roofs and building parts
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
To sheet in weather comes from the image of water moving like a wide flat 'sheet', so to sheet down means to fall in a heavy, even layer.