different between keel vs steeve

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kj?lr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gewlos. Distantly related to kile.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ki?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

keel (plural keels)

1. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
2. (nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
3. (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
4. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
5. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
6. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
7. A brewer's cooling vat.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall

   He keeled over after having a stroke.

2. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
3. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
4. (transitive, obsolete) to cool by stirring or skimming in order to keep from boiling over

   while greasy Joan doth keel the pot (Shakespeare)

Derived terms

• keel over

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).

Noun

keel

1. (Scotland) Red chalk; ruddle.

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To mark with ruddle.

Etymology 3

Verb

keel (third-person singular simple present keels, present participle keeling, simple past and past participle keeled)

1. Pronunciation spelling of kill.

Anagrams

• Kele, Leek, elke, leek, lekë

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch keel, from Middle Dutch k?le, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kel?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???l/

Noun

keel (plural kele)

1. throat

Derived terms

• keelgat
• keelseer

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?l/, [ke??]
• Hyphenation: keel
• Rhymes: -e?l

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch k?le, from Old Dutch kela, from Proto-Germanic *kel?.

Noun

keel f (plural kelen, diminutive keeltje n)

1. throat

   Synonym: hals

Derived terms

• baard in de keel
• keelgat
• keelpijn

Descendants

• Afrikaans: keel

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

keel n (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules, the blazoning term for the color red

Anagrams

• leek, leke

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *keeli. Cognate with Finnish kieli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?l/

Noun

keel (genitive keele, partitive keelt)

1. language
2. tongue
3. string of musical instrument

Declension

Derived terms

• emakeel
• kõnekeel
• keeleluu
• keeleteadus
• keelkond
• röövlikeel

Further reading

• keel in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
• keel in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik

Etymology 2

Noun

keel

1. adessive singular of kee

Etymology 3

Noun

keel

1. adessive singular of kesi

Ingrian

Noun

keel (genitive keelen, partitive keeltä)

1. Soikkola spelling of keeli

References

• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[1], ?ISBN, page 33

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v
• Homophone: Steve

Noun

steeve (plural steeves)

1. (nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
2. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.

Verb

steeve (third-person singular simple present steeves, present participle steeving, simple past and past participle steeved)

1. (archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
2. (transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.

Translations

Anagrams

• vestee