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shortsheet

shortsheet verb: to make an apple-pie bed of (a bed).

Verb

shortsheet (third-person singular simple present shortsheets, present participle shortsheeting, simple past and past participle shortsheeted)

  1. (transitive) To make an apple-pie bed of (a bed).

Forms of shortsheet

third-person singular presentshortsheets
present participleshortsheeting
past participleshortsheeted
pastshortsheeted

Origin of shortsheet

From short + sheet.

Questions about shortsheet

What does shortsheet mean?
Shortsheet means to make an apple-pie bed of (a bed).
What part of speech is shortsheet?
Shortsheet is a verb.
What is the past tense of shortsheet?
The past tense of shortsheet is shortsheeted.

Words near shortsheet in the dictionary

  1. shorts down
  2. shorts out
  3. shortsea
  4. shortseller
  5. shortsellers
  6. shortsheet
  7. shortsheeted
  8. shortsheeting
  9. shortsheets
  10. shortsighted
  11. shortsightedly

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