sheave
/ʃiːv/
sheave noun: a 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.
Noun
sheave (plural sheaves)
- A 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.
- To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.1942 September and October, Charles E. Lee, “The Stanhope & Tyne Railway: II–Self-Acting Inclines”, in Railway Magazine, page 263
- A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
Verb
sheave (third-person singular simple present sheaves, present participle sheaving, simple past and past participle sheaved)
- To gather and bind into a sheaf.
- From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave
Their country's harvest.Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Czar Alexander the Second, lines 1-4
- From him did forty million serfs (...) receive
sheave meaning in Tamil
sheave in Tamil
- கப்பிச்சில், கழுந்துச்சில்
Forms of sheave
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sheaves |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sheaves |
| present participle | sheaving |
| past participle | sheaved |
| past | sheaved |
Origin of sheave
From Middle English, from a Germanic base akin to German Scheibe, late Old Norse skífa (“slice”), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to split”). For more see shive.
See sheaf.
Words formed from sheave
Words that rhyme with sheave
45 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- eve
- grieve
- Kharkiv
- breve
- conceive
- naive
- neve
- Pishchiv
- weave
- keeve
- Neave
- Piskiv
- reeve
- screeve
- skeeve
- aggrieve
- beleave
- French leave
- greave
- interweave
- perceive
- reave
- seave
- shrieve
- sleave
- steeve
- steve
- take French leave
- Abib
- beeve
- deceive
- dreve
- Dutch leave
- eave
- gneeve
- khedive
- nieve
- peeve
- preconceive
- rebelieve
- reperceive
- thieve
- transceive
- we've
- Yves
Questions about sheave
- What does sheave mean?
- Sheave means a 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.
- What is sheave in Tamil?
- Sheave in Tamil is கப்பிச்சில், கழுந்துச்சில். See Sheave meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sheave?
- Sheave can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sheave?
- Sheave is pronounced /ʃiːv/.
- What is the plural of sheave?
- The plural of sheave is sheaves.
Words near sheave in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sheave (page history and authors); sheave (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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