steve

UK /stiːv/ US /stiːv/
noun 3name 2verb 1

Definitions

name

1

A diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name.

His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael.

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.

2

A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.

Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen."

noun

1

Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky)

verb

1

To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.

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