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English

Pronunciation

  • , IPA: /stiːl/, /sti:l/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-steal.ogg
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Homophones


Etymology

stelan.

Verb

{{en-verb|steals|stealing|stole|stolen}}

  1. To illegally, or without the owner's permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously take|taking or carrying it away.
  2. : The government agents stole my money.
  3. : Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.
  4. To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
  5. To acquire at a low price.
  6. : He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.
  7. To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer.
  8. To move silently or secretly.
  9. : He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.
  10. In the Context of To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.


Synonyms


Troponyms


Translations

  • Japanese: {{t|ja|忍び足をする|tr=shinobiashi wo suru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|盗塁する|tr=tōrui suru|sc=Jpan}}


See also


Noun

  1. A cheap item.
  2. : At $5, that jacket was an amazing steal.
  3. The act of stealing.
  4. A stolen base.
  5. Scoring in an end without the hammer.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|koopje|n}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Schnäppchen|n}}
  • Hebrew: מציאה
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|掘り出し物|tr=horidashimono|sc=Jpan}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|diefstal|m}}, {{t+|nl|roof|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Diebstahl|m}}, {{t+|de|Raub|m}}
  • Hebrew: גניבה
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|盗塁|tr=tōrui|sc=Jpan}}

Category:English irregular verbs Category:English transitive verbs

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Synonyms

Noun


Verb

to take something that does not belong to one steal


Near Synonyms


Idioms

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stale \Stale\ (st[=a]l), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. stael, stel;
akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk,
stem, Gr. steleo`n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.]
The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
[Written also steal, stele, etc.]
[1913 Webster]

But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head
did go
No further than it might be seen. --Chapman.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Steal \Steal\ (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. Stole (st[=o]l); p. p.
Stolen (st[=o]"l'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Stealing.] [OE.
stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG.
stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[aum]la, Dan.
stiaele, Goth. stilan.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence
Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense.
--Chaucer.
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The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets
in alms. --G. Eliot.
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2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to
creep furtively, or to insinuate.
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They could insinuate and steal themselves under the
same by their humble carriage and submission.
--Spenser.
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He will steal himself into a man's favor. --Shak.
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3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
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So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
--2 Sam. xv.
6.
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4. 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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Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the
mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. --I.
Watts.
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5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try
to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
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Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course,
profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal
it. --Bacon.
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To steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an
advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now
by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march
upon one's political rivals.
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She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy.
--Smollett.
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Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over
the sea. --Walpole.
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Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Steal \Steal\ (st[=e]l), n. [See Stale a handle.]
A handle; a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]

And in his hand a huge poleax did bear.
Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Steal \Steal\ (st[=e]l), v. i.
1. To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or
theft.
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Thou shalt not steal. --Ex. xx. 15.
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2. To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away,
unperceived; to go or come furtively. --Chaucer.
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Fixed of mind to avoid further entreaty, and to fly
all company, one night she stole away. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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From whom you now must steal, and take no leave.
--Shak.
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A soft and solemn breathing sound
Rose like a steam of rich, distilled perfumes,
And stole upon the air. --Milton.
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WordNet steal
n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy]
2: 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)
v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from
my dissertation"
2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: slip]
3: steal a base
4: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, creep,
pussyfoot]
[also: stolen, stole]
Moby Dictionary
abstract , acquire , adopt , advantageous purchase , and , annex ,
appropriate , assume , bag , bargain , boost , borrow , burglarize ,
burglary , buy , cabbage , caper , catch up , claim , clap hands on ,
clasp , claw , clench , clinch , clout , clutch , collar , coon , cop ,
copy , couch , crawl , creep , crib , crook , defraud , derive from ,
drain off , draw off , embezzle , embrace , extort , filch , fleece ,
frisk , get , get away with , get hold of , glide , glom on to ,
go on tiptoe , good buy , good pennyworth , grab , grab hold of ,
grapple , grasp , grip , gripe , grovel , gumshoe , heist , hijack , hoist ,
hook , hug , imitate , inch , inch along , infringe , job , larceny ,
lay hands on , lay hold of , lay wait , liberate , lie in wait , lift ,
loot , lurk , make off with , make use of , misappropriate , mock ,
mooch , mouse , nab , nail , nick , nightwalk , nip , nip up , pad , palm ,
partake , peculate , pennyworth , pilfer , pillage , pinch , pirate ,
plagiarize , plunder , poach , pocket , possess , prig , prowl , purloin ,
purloining , pussyfoot , receive , rifle , rip-off , rob , robbery ,
run away with , rustle , scrabble , scramble , scrounge , seize , shadow ,
shanghai , shirk , shoplift , sidle , simulate , skulk , slide , slink ,
slip , snake , snap up , snare , snatch , sneak , snitch , stalk ,
steal along , stealage , stealing , swindle , swipe , take , take away ,
take by assault , take by storm , take hold of , take on , take over ,
take possession , theft , thieve , thievery , thieving , tippytoe ,
tiptoe , touch , usurp , vulture , walk off with , whip up , worm ,
worm along


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