STEAL
\stˈiːl], \stˈiːl], \s_t_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of STEAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
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a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
By Princeton University
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to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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steal a base, in baseball
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move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A handle; a stale, or stele.
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To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
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To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
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To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
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To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
By Oddity Software
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To take by theft; take without leave or right; to move in a secret or stealthy manner; as, to steal a hand into a pocket.
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A theft.
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Stealer.
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Stealing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Stealer.
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To take by theft, or feloniously: to take away without notice: to gain or win by address or by gradual means.
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To practice theft: to take feloniously: to pass secretly: to slip in or out unperceived:-pa.t. stole; pa.p. stolen.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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