steel
/stiːl/ verb C2- To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- To electroplate an item (particularly an engraving plate) with a layer of iron.
- To sharpen with a honing steel.
- To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
- To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- To give (something) the appearance of steel.
He/she/it steels · Past steeled · Past participle steeled · -ing form steeling
Verb forms
- Base form
- steel
- He/she/it
- steels
- Past
- steeled
- Past participle
- steeled
- -ing form
- steeling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it--“still I should like to know.”
He was a foeman worthy of her steel.
I tell you, Watson, this time we have got a foeman who is worthy of our steel.
I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you now again, that we have never had a foeman more worthy of our steel.”
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