steek
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stiːk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)
- To stitch (sew with a needle).
- To shut or close.
- (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)
- (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.
- 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 565:
- (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.
Anagrams
- 'keets, Teske, keets, skeet, skete, teeks
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /steːk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch stēke, from Old Dutch *stiki, from Proto-West Germanic *stiki.
Noun
steek m (plural steken, diminutive steekje n)
- a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
- a knot
- a stitch
- a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat
- Synonym: punthoed
Derived terms
- geen steek zien
- in de steek laten
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: stek, steek
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
steek
- first-person singular present indicative of steken
- imperative of steken
Anagrams
- sekte, steke