different between steek vs stees

English

Alternative forms

• steik

Etymology

From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (“to enclose”) and Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”). Noun from Scots steek (“stitch”), from Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”). More at stick, stitch.

Verb

steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

1. To stitch (sew with a needle).
2. To shut or close.
3. (knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.

Noun

steek (plural steeks)

1. (Scotland) A stitch.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:

     Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.

2. (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

Anagrams

• 'keets, Teske, keets, skeet, skete, teeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

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Noun

steek m (plural steken, diminutive steekje n)

1. a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
2. a knot
3. a stitch
4. a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat

   Synonym: punthoed

Derived terms

• geen steek zien
• in de steek laten

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

steek

1. first-person singular present indicative of steken
2. imperative of steken

Anagrams

• sekte, steke

English

Noun

stees

1. plural of stee

Anagrams

• Estes, see'st, seest