Steeved vs Skeeved - What's the difference?
steeved | skeeved |
(steeve)
(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
(nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; the steeving.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
(informal) Disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.
* 2008 , Jessica Valenti, He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (page 96)
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=2009-03-13, author=Holly Brubach, title=America’s Next Top Author, work=New York Times
, passage=Though both are virgins, Violet develops a crush on a dapper, eerily suave student at N.Y.U. who moonlights as a club promoter and appears regularly on Page Six. Whereas Cheryl, devoted to her work, is skeeved by the sleazeballs twice her age who hit on her in clubs and on the street. }}
As a verb steeved
is (steeve).As an adjective skeeved is
(informal) disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.steeved
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(head)steeve
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(en noun)Anagrams
*skeeved
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(en adjective)- Because while it may not seem like such a big deal if guys want to get all revved up about faux lesbians and skeeved by gay men, the consequences of this kind of prejudice can be more than just a few jokes.
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