steal/steel

steal (stēl)

Verb. _{^{stole (stōl), stolen (stō'lən), stealing, steals.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
• To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own.
• To get or take secretly or artfully: steal a look at a diary; steal the puck from an opponent.
• To give or enjoy (a kiss) that is unexpected or unnoticed.
• To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer: The magician's assistant stole the show with her comic antics.

Verb. Intransitive

• To commit theft.
• To move, happen, or elapse stealthily or unobtrusively.

Noun

• The act of stealing.
• Slang. A bargain.

steel (stēl)

Noun

• A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.
• Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.
• A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.
• Steel grey.

Adjective

• Made with, relating to, or consisting of steel: steel beams; the steel industry; a bicycle with a steel frame.
• Of a steel grey.

Verb. Transitive _{^{steeled, steeling, steels.}}

• To cover, plate, edge, or point with steel.
• To make hard, strong, or obdurate; strengthen: He steeled himself for disappointment.