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steed | steved |

As a noun steed

is a stallion, especially in the sense of mount.

As a verb steved is

past tense of steve.

steed

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially in the sense of mount.
    • ''The studded bridle on a ragged bough
    ''Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --
    ''The steed is stalled up, and even now
    ''To tie the rider she begins to prove:
    ''Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,
    And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust. — Shakespeare, "Venus and Adonis".

    See also

    * horse

    Anagrams

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    steved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (steve)

    • Steve

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name.
  • .

    • Quotations

    * 1989 Ann Beattie: Picturing Will , Random House, ISBN 0394569873, page 67: *: His first name was probably Steve' or Ed. No, there were no more ' Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael. * 1956 : Peyton Place , UPNE, 1999, ISBN 1555534007, Book Three,Chapter 13, *: Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. *: "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen." English diminutives of male given names