steal

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

steals

V_ing/Gerund

stealing

V_ed/pp

stolestolen

1.
(transitive)To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.
The problem is the two bicycles stolen from us.
They stole all my money (from me).
2.
(transitive, usually)(transitive, of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.
3.
(transitive)To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.
4.
(figuratively, informal, transitive)(transitive, informal, figurative) To acquire at a low price.
He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.
He got that car for two grand under book? Wow, he stole that thing!
5.
(transitive)To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
6.
(intransitive)To move silently or secretly.
He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.
7.
(transitive)To convey (something) clandestinely.
8.
To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
9.
(transitive)(transitive, baseball) 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.
10.
(transitive)(sports, transitive) To dispossess
11.
(excessive, informal, transitive)(informal, transitive, hyperbolic) To borrow for a short moment.
Can I steal your pen?
12.
(humorous, informal, transitive)To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

steals

1.
The act of stealing.
2.
(figuratively, slang)(slang, figurative) A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money
At this price, this car is a steal.
He got that thing for just twenty bucks? What a steal!
Đồng nghĩa: bargain, good value, value for money
3.
(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
4.
(baseball) A stolen base.
5.
(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.
6.
(computing) A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bargaingood valuevalue for moneysneakto illegally take possession of stealto secretly move sneak

Trái nghĩa

rip-offbestow donate grant buy earn purchase receive(acquire licitly) receive, purchase, buy, earn(provide freely) donate, bestow, grant

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

Cognate with stöhn to steal, stelen, stehlen, stielen, stjæle, stjala, stela, stjele, stela, stele (to steal), stjäla, 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽. For the meaning development compare with красть to steal and.