The meaning of SHEAF is a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together. How to use sheaf in a sentence.

Sheaves are understood conceptually as general and abstract objects. Their precise definition is rather technical. They are specifically defined as sheaves of sets or as sheaves of rings, for …

SHEAF definition: 1. a number of things, especially pieces of paper or plant stems, that are held or tied together…. Learn more.

A sheaf of corn or wheat is a number of corn or wheat plants that have been cut down and tied together. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

1. A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine. 2. A collection of items held or bound together: a sheaf of printouts. 3. An archer's quiver.

Dec 14, 2025 · sheaf (third-person singular simple present sheafs, present participle sheafing, simple past and past participle sheafed) (transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make …

SHEAF meaning: 1 : a bunch of stalks and ears of grain that are tied together after being cut; 2 : a group of things fastened together