Deal vs. Steal
Dealnoun
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
Dealnoun
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
Dealnoun
An act of dealing or sharing out.
Dealnoun
The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
Dealnoun
A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction
Dealnoun
Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
Dealnoun
An agreement between parties; an arrangement
Dealnoun
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
Dealnoun
(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
Dealnoun
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Dealnoun
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Dealnoun
A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
Dealverb
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
Dealverb
(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
Dealverb
(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
Dealverb
(baseball) To pitch.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To have dealings or business.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
Dealverb
To take action; to act.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
Dealverb
(transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To be concerned with.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
Dealadjective
Made of deal.
Dealnoun
A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Dealnoun
The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
Dealnoun
Distribution; apportionment.
Dealnoun
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; - applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Dealnoun
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Dealnoun
Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
Dealverb
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; - sometimes with out.
Dealverb
Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
Dealverb
To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
Dealverb
To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
Dealverb
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; - followed by between or with.
Dealverb
To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
Dealverb
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
Dealnoun
a particular instance of buying or selling;
Dealnoun
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;
Dealnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Dealnoun
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Dealnoun
wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Dealnoun
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;
Dealnoun
the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement);
Dealnoun
the act of distributing playing cards;
Dealnoun
the act of apportioning or distributing something;
Dealverb
deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
Dealverb
take action with respect to (someone or something);
Dealverb
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;
Dealverb
come to terms or deal successfully with;
Dealverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Dealverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
Dealverb
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
Dealverb
behave in a certain way towards others;
Dealverb
distribute to the players in a game;
Dealverb
direct the course of; manage or control;
Dealverb
give out as one's portion or share
Dealverb
give (a specific card) to a player;
Dealverb
sell;
Dealadjective
made of fir or pine;
Stealverb
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
Stealverb
To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
Stealverb
(transitive) To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
Stealverb
To acquire at a low price.
Stealverb
(transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
Stealverb
(intransitive) To move silently or secretly.
Stealverb
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
Stealverb
To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
Stealverb
To dispossess
Stealverb
To acquire; to get
Stealnoun
The act of stealing.
Stealnoun
A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
Stealnoun
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
Stealnoun
(baseball) A stolen base.
Stealnoun
(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
Stealnoun
(computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
Stealnoun
A handle; a stale, or stele.
Stealverb
To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
Stealverb
To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
Stealverb
To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
Stealverb
To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; - with away.
Stealverb
To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
Stealverb
To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
Stealverb
To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
Stealnoun
an advantageous purchase;
Stealnoun
a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
Stealverb
take without the owner's consent;
Stealverb
move stealthily;
Stealverb
steal a base
Stealverb
to go stealthily or furtively;
Stealverb
take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it
Stealverb
dishonestly pass off (another person's ideas) as one's own
Stealverb
take the opportunity to give or share (a kiss) when it is not expected or when people are not watching
Stealverb
(in various sports) gain (an advantage, a run, or possession of the ball) unexpectedly or by exploiting the temporary distraction of an opponent
Stealverb
run to (a base) while the pitcher is in the act of delivery
Stealverb
move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously
Stealverb
direct (a look) quickly and unobtrusively
Stealnoun
a bargain
Stealnoun
an act of stealing something
Stealnoun
an idea taken from another work
Stealnoun
an act of stealing a base.
Stealnoun
an act of taking possession of the ball or puck from an opponent
