Definition of Steeve

1. v. i. 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. v. t. To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.

3. n. The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.

Definition of Steeve

1. to stow in the hold of a ship [v STEEVED, STEEVING, STEEVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeve

steerers
steeries
steering
steerings
steering committee
steering gear
steering linkage
steering mechanism
steering system
steering wheel
steers
steersman
steersmen
steery
steer roping
steeve (current term)
steeved
steevely
steever
steeves
steevest
steeving
steevings
Stefan Wyszynski
Stefan Zweig
Steffens
Steffi Graf
Steganopus
Steganopus tricolor
Stegocephalia

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