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From Scots steek, from Middle English steke (to enclose) and Middle Dutch steken (to stitch). Noun from Scots steek (stitch), from Middle Dutch steek (stitch). More at stick, stitch.

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steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)

  1. To stitch (sew with a needle).
  2. To shut or close.
  3. (knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end.

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steek (plural steeks)

  1. (Scotland) A stitch.
    • 1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 565:
      Ake Ogilvie told the tale the next day to Ma Cleghorn, Ma lying at rest in her bed, she'd gone to bed with a steek in her side and as lying fair wearied till Ake looked in.
  2. (knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique.

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch stēke, from Old Dutch *stiki, from Proto-West Germanic *stiki.

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steek m (plural steken, diminutive steekje n)

  1. a prick (insect bite), a stab, a thrust
  2. a knot
  3. a stitch
  4. a bicorne or tricorn; a cornered hat
    Synonym: punthoed
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  • Afrikaans: steek
  • Papiamentu: stek, steek

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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steek

  1. inflection of steken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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