Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to steel
Participle: steeled
Gerund: steeling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | steel |
| you | steel |
| he;she;it | steels |
| we | steel |
| you | steel |
| they | steel |
Perfect
| I | have steeled |
| you | have steeled |
| he;she;it | has steeled |
| we | have steeled |
| you | have steeled |
| they | have steeled |
Past
| I | steeled |
| you | steeled |
| he;she;it | steeled |
| we | steeled |
| you | steeled |
| they | steeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had steeled |
| you | had steeled |
| he;she;it | had steeled |
| we | had steeled |
| you | had steeled |
| they | had steeled |
Future
| I | will steel |
| you | will steel |
| he;she;it | will steel |
| we | will steel |
| you | will steel |
| they | will steel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have steeled |
| you | will have steeled |
| he;she;it | will have steeled |
| we | will have steeled |
| you | will have steeled |
| they | will have steeled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | steel |
| you | steel |
| he;she;it | steel |
| we | steel |
| you | steel |
| they | steel |
Perfect
| I | have steeled |
| you | have steeled |
| he;she;it | have steeled |
| we | have steeled |
| you | have steeled |
| they | have steeled |
Imperfect
| I | steeled |
| you | steeled |
| he;she;it | steeled |
| we | steeled |
| you | steeled |
| they | steeled |
Pluperfect
| I | had steeled |
| you | had steeled |
| he;she;it | had steeled |
| we | had steeled |
| you | had steeled |
| they | had steeled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would steel |
| you | would steel |
| he;she;it | would steel |
| we | would steel |
| you | would steel |
| they | would steel |
Perfect
| I | would have steeled |
| you | would have steeled |
| he;she;it | would have steeled |
| we | would have steeled |
| you | would have steeled |
| they | would have steeled |
Imperative
| you | steel |
| we | Let's steel |
| you | steel |
Verbs conjugated like 'steel'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'steel'
seel,
speel,
steal,
steek,
steem,
steen,
steep,
steer,
streel,
æsteem,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make strong or stronger
- anneal, brace, build up, confirm, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, indurate, intend, invigorate, munite, nerve, roborate, strength, strengthen, thicken
- to make something hard or harder
- anneal, harden, indurate, obdurate, sclerotise, solidify, stiffen, temper
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.
Sample Sentences
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Hure þolien ant a beoren hare unirude duntes wið mealles istelet. [c. 1240, “Sawles Warde”, in The Cotton Homilies, section 253:]
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When God...draws aside his curtain, and shows his arsenal and his armory, full of arrows steeled with wrath. [1651, Bishop Jeremy Taylor, XXVIII Sermons Preacht at Golden Grove, Being for the Summer Half-year, XIX 248:]
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It was the common notion...that the art of steeling tools in the highest degree of perfection was certainly lost to the moderns. [1831, John Holland, A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufactures in Metal, I 220:]
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Nay, a Crystall glasse will not show a man his face, except it be steeled, except it be darkned on the backside. [c. 1630, John Donne, Sermons, VI 289:]
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She drunk her drink steeled, with which she was cured. [1657, J. Hall, translated by J. Cooke, Cures, section 117:]
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My large dry-point,...called Two Stumps of Driftwood, gave 1000 copies (after being steeled) without perceptible wearing. [1880, P. G. Hamerton, Etching & Etchers, 3rd edition, section 342:]
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By passing an electric current thus through the bars the operation of steeling is much hastened. [1853, Jrnl. Franklin Inst., CXXV 303:]
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It seems evident that by the beginning of the 10th century B.C. blacksmiths were intentionally steeling iron. [1977 Oct, Scientific American, 127 1:]
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But stil he was so steelde With heart so good, as victor he dead left them in the field. [1581, Homer, translated by A. Hall, 10 Bks. Iliades, VI 110:]
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Giue me my heart...O giue it me lest thy hard heart do steele it, And being steeld, soft sighes can neuer graue it. [1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC:]
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Ile in to vrge his hatred more to Clarence, With lies well steeld with weighty arguments. [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 148:]
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Steel yourself, then, firmly to withstand attacks from the cruel and unfeeling. [1796, F. Burney, Camilla, II iv vi 370]
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The rich experience of a long life steeled in the victorious struggle with every unchristian element. [1882, F. W. Farrar, Early Days Christianity, II 380]
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And lo! those waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish, yield A vivid repetition of the stars. [1807, William Wordsworth, Sonn. to Liberty, II v:]
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Tha hasn't tha Sense to stile thy own Dressing. [1746, Exmoor Scolding, 3rd edition, II 14:]