steeve
/stiːv/noun, verb
steeve is a noun meaning “The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-E-E-V-E, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of steeve is steeves.
What does steeve mean?
noun
- 1
The angle that a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
- 2
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
verb
- 1
archaicTo project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
- 2
To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce steeve?
- /stiːv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of steeve
- steeves plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- steeving participle, present
- steeved participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is steeve?
Steeve appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).