sheeting

• اسم يشير إلى قماش، غالبًا قطني أو كتاني، يُستخدم في صناعة الملاءات.

A noun referring to fabric, typically cotton or linen, that is used for making bed sheets.

غير معدود

1. Fabric for bed sheetsB1formal

   A type of cloth, typically cotton or linen, used to make bed sheets.

   قماش الملاءات

   • The store sells high-quality cotton sheeting for bedding.
   • She bought several meters of sheeting to sew her own sheets.
   • Linen sheeting is popular for its breathability in summer.

   المرادفاتbed linen

• فعل يعني تغطية شيء بملاءة أو فرش ملاءة عليه، وكذلك نزول المطر بغزارة كأنه يصب من دلو، وتشكيل المادة في صفائح، وضبط حبال الشراع في القوارب.

To cover or wrap with a sheet; to provide with bed linens; (of rain) to fall heavily like a curtain; to form material into thin flat layers; (nautical) to trim a sail using the sheet rope.

فعل مركّب، قابل للفصل

1. Covering with a cloth or protective layerB2informal

   To place a sheet or large piece of fabric over something for protection or concealment.

   تغطية بقماش أو غطاء واقٍ

   • They sheeted the furniture before painting the room.
   • The workers sheeted the scaffolding with plastic sheeting.
   • She carefully sheeted the bed after washing the linens.
   • We need to sheet the car to keep the dust off.
   • The statue was sheeted in a white cloth for the unveiling.

   المرادفاتcloakcoverdrapeenvelopshroudwrap

2. Putting a sheet on a bedB1informal

   To fit a mattress with a fresh bed sheet.

   تغطية السرير بالملاءة

   • She sheeted the mattress with fresh linen.
   • The maid sheeted all the beds in the guest wing.
   • He taught his son how to properly sheet a bed.
   • They sheeted the cot with a clean white sheet.
   • After laundry, she sheeted every bed in the house.

   المرادفاتcoverdressspread

3. Raining very heavily (phrasal verb: sheet down)C1informal

   To fall as an intense, continuous curtain of rain.

   تنزل المطر بغزارة كأنها ستارة

   • The rain was sheeting down all afternoon.
   • It's been sheeting down since morning.
   • We got caught as the rain sheeted down without warning.
   • The storm sheeted rain against the windows.
   • The monsoon rains sheeted down for days.

   المرادفاتbucketlashpourteem

4. Forming material into thin layersC1formaltechnical

   To process a substance into thin, flat pieces.

   تحويل المادة إلى صفائح

   • The factory sheets the hot steel into coils.
   • The pulp is sheeted into paper.
   • After cooling, the plastic is sheeted and rolled.
   • The machine sheets the dough before cutting cookies.
   • They developed a new method to sheet graphene.

   المرادفاتflattenlaminatepressroll

5. Adjusting a sail with a rope (phrasal verb: sheet in/out)C2informalsport

   In sailing, to pull in or let out a sheet (rope) to control the angle of a sail.

   شد أو إرخاء حبل الشراع

   • The helmsman ordered to sheet in the mainsail as the wind picked up.
   • You need to sheet out the jib on a downwind run.
   • They sheeted the sail home to gain speed.
   • Sheet the genoa in tighter for a better angle.
   • The crew sheeted the sails quickly during the tack.

   المرادفاتtrim