Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sheet
Participle: sheeted
Gerund: sheeting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sheet |
| you | sheet |
| he;she;it | sheets |
| we | sheet |
| you | sheet |
| they | sheet |
Perfect
| I | have sheeted |
| you | have sheeted |
| he;she;it | has sheeted |
| we | have sheeted |
| you | have sheeted |
| they | have sheeted |
Past
| I | sheeted |
| you | sheeted |
| he;she;it | sheeted |
| we | sheeted |
| you | sheeted |
| they | sheeted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sheeted |
| you | had sheeted |
| he;she;it | had sheeted |
| we | had sheeted |
| you | had sheeted |
| they | had sheeted |
Future
| I | will sheet |
| you | will sheet |
| he;she;it | will sheet |
| we | will sheet |
| you | will sheet |
| they | will sheet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sheeted |
| you | will have sheeted |
| he;she;it | will have sheeted |
| we | will have sheeted |
| you | will have sheeted |
| they | will have sheeted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sheet |
| you | sheet |
| he;she;it | sheet |
| we | sheet |
| you | sheet |
| they | sheet |
Perfect
| I | have sheeted |
| you | have sheeted |
| he;she;it | have sheeted |
| we | have sheeted |
| you | have sheeted |
| they | have sheeted |
Imperfect
| I | sheeted |
| you | sheeted |
| he;she;it | sheeted |
| we | sheeted |
| you | sheeted |
| they | sheeted |
Pluperfect
| I | had sheeted |
| you | had sheeted |
| he;she;it | had sheeted |
| we | had sheeted |
| you | had sheeted |
| they | had sheeted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sheet |
| you | would sheet |
| he;she;it | would sheet |
| we | would sheet |
| you | would sheet |
| they | would sheet |
Perfect
| I | would have sheeted |
| you | would have sheeted |
| he;she;it | would have sheeted |
| we | would have sheeted |
| you | would have sheeted |
| they | would have sheeted |
Imperative
| you | sheet |
| we | Let's sheet |
| you | sheet |
Verbs conjugated like 'sheet'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sheet'
sheen,
sheer,
skeet,
sleet,
speet,
sweet,
cheat,
cheek,
cheep,
cheer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”).
2. Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).
Sample Sentences
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Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
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Yea, like a stag, when snow the pasture sheets, / The barks of trees thou browsed'st. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:]
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We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.