steel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English *stēle

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: stēl, IPA: /stiːl/, SAMPA: /sti:l/
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  Rhymes: -iːl

• Homophones: steal

[edit] Noun

steel (countable and uncountable; plural steels)

1. (uncountable, countable) A metal alloy of mostly iron plus carbon, harder than pure iron but malleable when hot.
2. (countable) A tool used to sharpen or hone knives.
3. (countable) A sword.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• steelware
• steely
• stainless steel

[edit] Verb

to steel (third-person singular simple present steels, present participle steeling, simple past and past participle steeled)

1. To harden.

   The harsh fall weather steeled them against the colder winter.

   • 2009 January 22, “The Celebration, and the Work Ahead”^[1], New York Times:

     Often muscular and severe, the speech diagnosed the nation’s problems with a cold eye, swept away objections to decisive action, and steeled the American people for the measures that will be necessary, all the while providing a positive vision of a remade America that stands firmly on American values and traditions.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /stel/

[edit] Noun

steel (Plural: stelen, diminutive: steeltje)

1. handle (of a broom, a pan)

[edit] Derived terms

• bezemsteel

[edit] Verb

steel

1. The first-person singular present tense of stelen.
2. The imperative of stelen.