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What is the noun for sheaved?

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sheaf

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
(mechanical) A sheave.
(mathematics) An 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.
Synonyms:

bundle, pile, stack, bunch, mass, heap, pack, quantity, reams, wad, chunk, lot, profusion, scads, slew, clump, load, loads, mess, mountain, tonne, ton, volume, wodge, abundance, boatload, bucket, bushel, cluster, collection, deal, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, peck, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, raft, spate, store, truckload, barrel, basketful, carload, gobs, lashings, lashins … more

Examples:

“She stuck a sheaf of paper into her stapler and punched down much harder than was necessary.”

“Recall that in the first of Joseph's dreams he sees himself at harvest time as a sheaf of grain surrounded by other sheaves, all of which bow down to him.”

sheave

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.
A sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
Synonyms:

winch, hoist, crane, davit, pulley, windlass, tackle, derrick, sheerlegs, capstan, crank, lifter, lifting gear, hoisting gear, block and tackle, system of pulleys, lift, elevator, rig, gantry, paternoster, escalator, fish davit, conveyor, dumbwaiter, machine, block, ring … more

sheafification

(mathematics) The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf.

sheaves

plural of sheave
plural of sheaf
Synonyms:

scads, lots, loads, plenty, heaps, much, stacks, gobs, piles, masses, hundreds, oodles, tonnes, tons, reams, scores, zillions, dozens, myriad, gallons, bags, mountains, wads, barrels, basketfuls, boatloads, buckets, bundles, bushels, carloads, chunks, fistfuls, platefuls, rafts, slews, stores, truckloads, yards, pots, packs, pecks, bunches, jillion, a lot, a bunch, an abundance, a wealth, a heap, a mass, a good deal … more

Examples:

“Schythes were swung, sheaves were tied and built into stooks in an overflowing gesture of co-operation and goodwill.”

“They bring sheaves of reeds exceeding their own height, balanced like the cross-stroke of a majuscular T on their heads.”

“As she seems easily fooled, why not send yourself sheaves of valentines and other billets-doux?”

sheafifications

plural of sheafification

sheafs

plural of sheaf
Synonyms:

bundles, piles, stacks, bunches, masses, heaps, packs, quantities, reams, wads, chunks, lots, profusions, scads, slews, clumps, loads, messes, mountains, tonnes, tons, volumes, wodges, abundances, boatloads, buckets, bushels, clusters, collections, deals, multiplicities, myriads, oodles, pecks, platesful, plenitudes, plentitudes, plenties, rafts, spates, stores, truckloads, barrels, basketsful, carloads, gobs, lashings, passels, pots, shiploads … more

Examples:

“I have sheafs of poetry notes, experiments and scribbles, but nothing finished.”

“Earlier in the year they had grown barley, cut it with a reaper and binder and had it all in sheafs.”

“The most stunning gown is one of silk organza, with sheafs of wheat stitched in straw.”

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