Steal vs. Kife
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
Kifeverb
(slang) To steal.
