Dictionary Entry
reeve
reeve is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The female of the ruff. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The female of the ruff.
- 2transitive verb
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.
- 3noun
an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.
- 4noun
female ruff
- 5verb
fasten by passing through a hole or around something
- 6verb
pass through a hole or opening
"reeve a rope"
- 7verb
pass a rope through
"reeve an opening"
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