sheets

1. pluralplural of sheet

1. figurativelyinformalpluralplural only(Of rain or other precipitation, fire, etc.) Great amounts, coming or moving in intense waves.

   Windblown sheets of flame raced across the prairie.

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   When I looked out, all I could see were sheets of rain.

   […] heavy sheets of rain with heavy gusts at N.E.; […]

   1855, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 514

   Heavy sheets of rain dwindled to a slow, quiet drizzle as she pulled the car toward the front door of her store. By the time she stepped out of the car, the drizzle had turned into a scattering of flurries that wafted lazily in the air[…]

   2020 October 26, Zoey Blair, The Cadence of Secrets, Rockville Publishing, →ISBN

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sheet

plural Sheetses

1. A surname.