different between steeve vs skeeve

English

Etymology

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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

English

Etymology

From Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”) or Italian schifare (“to loathe or to disgust”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

skeeve (third-person singular simple present skeeves, present participle skeeving, simple past and past participle skeeved)

1. (slang, transitive, often with out) To disgust or disturb.
2. (slang, transitive) To be disgusted or disturbed by.
3. (slang, intransitive) To be or become disgusted.

Noun

skeeve (plural skeeves)

1. (slang) A disgusting or loathed person.

Related terms

• skeeved
• skeevy

Anagrams

• keeves