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/

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Verb

steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

1. To stitch (sew with a needle).
2. To shut or close.
3. (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)

1. (Scotland) A stitch.
   • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 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.

2. (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

Anagrams

• skeet, keets, 'keets, skete, teeks, Teske, ekest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steːk/

• Audio:

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• 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)

1. a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
2. a knot
3. a stitch
4. a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat

   Synonym: punthoed

Derived terms

• geen steek zien
• in de steek laten
• stekeblind

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: steek
• → Papiamentu: stek, steek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

steek

1. inflection of steken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• sekte, steke