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Meaning
Noun
●
In Units of measure:
A
quantity
of the
stalks
and
ears
of
wheat
,
rye
, or other
grain
,
bound
together; a
bundle
of
grain
or straw.
●
Any
collection
of things
bound
together.
●
A
bundle
of
arrows
sufficient
to
fill
a
quiver
, or the
allowance
of each archer.
●
In Units of measure:
A
quantity
of
arrows
, usually twenty-four.
●
In Units of measure:
A sheave.
●
In Mathematics & Units of measure:
An
abstract
construct
in
topology
that
associates
data
to the
open sets
of a
topological space
,
together with
well-defined
restrictions
from
larger
to
smaller
open sets
,
subject
to the
condition
that
compatible
data
on
overlapping
open sets
corresponds
, via the
restrictions
, to a
unique
datum
on the
union
of the
open sets
.
Verb
●
To
gather
and
bind
into a
sheaf
; to
make into
sheaves
●
To
collect
and
bind
cut
grain
, or the like; to make sheaves.
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Origin
sheaf
English
sceaf
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Reap
Bundle
Related
Pile
Bushel
Bagful
Fistful
Sackful
Loaf
Strand
Tuft
Triangular Prism
Sheet Of Paper
Rhymes
Fief
Kief
Lief
Leaf
Beef
Reef
Queef
Sheaf
Brief
Motif
Thief
Chief
Grief
Relief
Belief
Massif
Debrief
Enfeoff
Shereef
In Chief
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