Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

steeve

/stiːv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: steeve
IPA: /stiːv/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.

noun

A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

verb

To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.

Archaic

verb

To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

""They are all alike to me." And indeed to a landsman, the nodding schooners around seemed run from the same mold. "They ain't, though. That yaller, dirty packet with her bowsprit steeved that way, she's the Hope of Prague. Nick Brady's her skipper, the meanest man on the Banks. […]""

Usage

Inflected Forms

steeves (plural) steeves (present, singular) steeving (participle, present) steeved (participle, past) steeved (past)

Homonyms

Steve

Rhymes With

believe leave we've french leave take french leave receive steve achieve eve breathe sleeve relieve

Questions

How do you pronounce steeve?: The recorded pronunciation is /stiːv/.
What does steeve mean?: The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.

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