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Sheaves

noun
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
2.nounAny collection of things bound together; a bundle.
"a sheaf of paper"
3.nounA bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
4.nounA quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
5.nounA sheave.
6.nounAn 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.
7.nounA wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
8.nounA sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.

Synonyms

reapshowerstaresthreshingchaffsscythesthreshing machinesicklesdolliesdowelsdacronbobbins

Rhymes With

believesleavespeevesperceivesheavesthievesinterleavescleaves
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