sheaf

«sheaf» in Mova's school dictionary: a bundle of stalks of wheat, barley or other grain, tied… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sheaf, sheaves)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sheaf is a bundle of stalks of wheat, barley or other grain, tied together after cutting at harvest. tree →

2) A sheaf of papers is a thick pile or bundle of papers. tree →

sense in the lessons

In harvest festival at school and church, a sheaf of wheat or a bread shaped like one is often displayed to give thanks for the harvest. In the Bible, Joseph dreams that his brothers' sheaves bow down to his sheaf, and Ruth gathers grain behind the harvesters. In everyday life a teacher may carry a sheaf of papers. Phrases: "a sheaf of wheat", "a sheaf of papers", "bringing in the sheaves" (hymn).

examples

• The farmer tied the wheat into sheaves. tree →
• (Bible) Joseph dreamed that his brothers' sheaves bowed down to his. tree →
• A sheaf of corn stood by the altar at the harvest festival. tree →
• Mr Lee came in carrying a sheaf of test papers. tree →
• In the old days, sheaves were stacked in the field to dry. tree →
• The baker made a loaf shaped like a sheaf of wheat. tree →
• Why, every one of his sheaves gave him a peck of grain. tree →

note

Irregular plural: sheaves (f → ves), like leaf → leaves, loaf → loaves. Countable. In a maths problem: if each sheaf has 40 stalks and there are 6 sheaves, there are 240 stalks.

In the corpora

• Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.
• Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves.
• So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sheaf» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.