STEAL
What does "STEAL" mean?
To take another person's property without permission or right.
Meanings
- To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or legal right. Someone tried to steal her bicycle from the rack.
- To move quietly and secretly. He stole out of the room before anyone noticed.
- To obtain or take something cleverly or stealthily. She stole a glance at him across the table.
- In baseball, to advance to the next base without the ball being hit. The runner stole second on the next pitch. technical
- A bargain; something acquired far below its value. At that price, the sofa was a steal. informal
Word origin
From Old English 'stelan', to take secretly or by force, from Proto-Germanic 'stelanan'; the related noun 'stealth' shares this root.
Remember it
STEAL has the EA of STEALTH: you steal best when no one sees the deed.
A little poem
On runner's tiptoe-
he steals the base, then later
steals one glance back home.
haiku
Wordplay
- The baseball player who became a burglar was unstoppable - he'd been stealing bases for years.
What it teaches
The same caution that lets you steal away unseen also lets a thief; quietness is a tool, not a virtue.
Quick facts
What does STEAL mean?
To take another person's property without permission or right.
Is STEAL a valid word?
Yes — STEAL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STEAL?
STEAL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STEAL come from?
From Old English 'stelan', to take secretly or by force, from Proto-Germanic 'stelanan'; the related noun 'stealth' shares this root.
What can STEAL teach us?
The same caution that lets you steal away unseen also lets a thief; quietness is a tool, not a virtue.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.