plural sheaves
ˈshēvz 
1
: a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
2
: something resembling a sheaf of grain
a sheaf of papers
3
: a large amount or number
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of sheaf in a Sentence
contends that casino gambling would generate a sheaf of social problems for the state
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Early song-sharking companies in the 1910s merely set customers’ lyrics to sheet music and mailed the sheaves to the customer as a collector’s item.
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Luke Savage, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The link to conformal field theory gave Beilinson and Drinfeld a place to start thinking about how to build a version of Fourier analysis for sheaves.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
The sovereign, who is chieftain of the games, also watched traditional Highland sports including the hammer throw, sheaf toss and stone put.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
Even the simplest sheaves are fairly complicated mathematical entities.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
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Luke Savage, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The link to conformal field theory gave Beilinson and Drinfeld a place to start thinking about how to build a version of Fourier analysis for sheaves.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
The sovereign, who is chieftain of the games, also watched traditional Highland sports including the hammer throw, sheaf toss and stone put.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
Even the simplest sheaves are fairly complicated mathematical entities.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 19 July 2024
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“Sheaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheaf. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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sheaf
noun
plural sheaves
ˈshēvz
1
: a bundle of stalks and ears of grain
2
: a group of things often fastened together and resembling a sheaf of grain
a sheaf of arrows
a sheaf of papers
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