steeve

steeve is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. 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 verb. To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
3. transitive verb. To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
4. noun. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
5. noun. A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in steeve:

vestee

Common word forms

steeved, steever, steeves, steevely, steeving

Words from these letters

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