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English noun: steal | |||
| 1. | steal (possession) an advantageous purchase | ||
| Samples | She got a bargain at the auction. The stock was a real buy at that price. | ||
| Synonyms | bargain, buy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | purchase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | song, travel bargain | ||
| 2. | steal (act) 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) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | baseball, baseball game | ||
English verb: steal | |||
| 1. | steal (possession) take without the owner's consent | ||
| Samples | Someone stole my wallet on the train. This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation. | ||
| Examples | They steal the money | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abstract, bag, burglarise, burglarize, burgle, cabbage, cop, defalcate, embezzle, filch, glom, heist, hook, hook, hustle, knock off, lift, lift, lift, loot, malversate, misappropriate, nobble, peculate, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarise, plagiarize, pluck, plunder, pocket, purloin, rob, roll, rustle, shoplift, snarf, sneak, snitch, swipe, thieve, walk off | ||
| 2. | steal (motion) move stealthily | ||
| Samples | The ship slipped away in the darkness. | ||
| Synonyms | slip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 3. | steal (competition) steal a base | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | ||
| Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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