sheeting

• Tecido, geralmente de algodão ou linho, usado para fazer lençóis; também se refere ao ato de cobrir algo com uma folha ou camada de material.

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

incontável

1. Fabric for bed sheetsB1formal

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

   Tecido para lençóis

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbed linen

• Verbo: cobrir com lençol; estender lençol; chover torrencialmente (sobre chuva); formar em folhas ou chapas; regular a vela (náutica).

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.

phrasal, separável

1. Covering with a cloth or protective layerB2informal

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

   Cobrir com lençol ou tecido

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscloakcoverdrapeenvelopshroudwrap

2. Putting a sheet on a bedB1informal

   To fit a mattress with a fresh bed sheet.

   Colocar lençol na cama

   • 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.

   Sinônimoscoverdressspread

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

   To fall as an intense, continuous curtain of rain.

   Chover muito forte (a cântaros)

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbucketlashpourteem

4. Forming material into thin layersC1formaltechnical

   To process a substance into thin, flat pieces.

   Transformar em lâminas

   • 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.

   Sinônimosflattenlaminatepressroll

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.

   Regular a vela com a escota

   • 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.

   Sinônimostrim