SHEAF (sheaves)

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Irregular inflected form: sheaves   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sheaf mean? 

• SHEAF (noun)
  The noun SHEAF has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SHEAF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHEAF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bundle; sheaf

Hypernyms ("sheaf" is a kind of...):

package; parcel (a wrapped container)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheaf"):

bale (a large bundle bound for storage or transport)

faggot; fagot (a bundle of sticks and branches bound together)

pack (a bundle (especially one carried on the back))

swag (a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman)

 Context examples 

Yet we added one more sheaf to our harvest before we left Woolwich Station.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Behind her came a maid with a high pile of wooden plates, and a great sheaf of spoons, one of which she handed round to each of the travellers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"A large sheaf, but I know there's room in your heart for it, Marmee dear," added Meg's tender voice.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The young woman turned over a sheaf of counterfoils.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With tools made of these flints, they likewise cut their hay, and reap their oats, which there grow naturally in several fields; the Yahoos draw home the sheaves in carriages, and the servants tread them in certain covered huts to get out the grain, which is kept in stores.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Nigel! cried Sir Simon Burley, hurrying up with consternation upon his face, Aylward tells me that there are not ten-score arrows left in all their sheaves.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He took a sheaf of worn and greasy forms from his pocket.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Familiar as I was with my friend’s methods, it was not difficult for me to follow his deductions, and to observe the untidiness of attire, the sheaf of legal papers, the watch-charm, and the breathing which had prompted them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)