See steek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "steken",
"4": "steke",
"5": "to enclose"
},
"expansion": "Middle English steke (“to enclose”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steken",
"4": "",
"5": "to stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "steeks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "steeking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "steeked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "steeked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To stitch (sew with a needle)."
],
"id": "en-steek-en-verb-ZQ8uqn5p",
"links": [
[
"stitch",
"stitch"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To shut or close."
],
"id": "en-steek-en-verb-yVLCy7E8",
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Knitting",
"orig": "en:Knitting",
"parents": [
"Crafts",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end."
],
"id": "en-steek-en-verb-OxxDtgxV",
"links": [
[
"knitting",
"knitting#Noun"
],
[
"in the round",
"in the round"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stiːk/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steek.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "steik"
}
],
"word": "steek"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "steken",
"4": "steke",
"5": "to enclose"
},
"expansion": "Middle English steke (“to enclose”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steken",
"4": "",
"5": "to stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "steeks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "steek (plural steeks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "42 23 4 6 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 1 1 7 23 22 9 12 5 2 2 5 3 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 2 2 6 27 27 3 13 5 2 2 6 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 1 1 6 30 30 2 13 5 1 1 6 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 0 0 7 20 18 10 13 5 2 2 4 3 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sylt North Frisian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 565:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stitch."
],
"id": "en-steek-en-noun-KKaBo7gA",
"links": [
[
"stitch",
"stitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) A stitch."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Knitting",
"orig": "en:Knitting",
"parents": [
"Crafts",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique."
],
"id": "en-steek-en-noun-0h7jPhyV",
"links": [
[
"knitting",
"knitting#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stiːk/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steek.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "steik"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"steek"
],
"word": "steek"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Scots",
"English verbs",
"North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"North Frisian lemmas",
"North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"North Frisian verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sylt North Frisian"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "steken",
"4": "steke",
"5": "to enclose"
},
"expansion": "Middle English steke (“to enclose”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steken",
"4": "",
"5": "to stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "steeks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "steeking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "steeked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "steeked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "steek (third-person singular simple present steeks, present participle steeking, simple past and past participle steeked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To stitch (sew with a needle)."
],
"links": [
[
"stitch",
"stitch"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To shut or close."
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Knitting"
],
"glosses": [
"To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end."
],
"links": [
[
"knitting",
"knitting#Noun"
],
[
"in the round",
"in the round"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(knitting) To use a technique for knitting garments such as sweaters in the round without interruption for openings or sleeves until the end."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stiːk/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steek.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "steik"
}
],
"word": "steek"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Scots",
"English verbs",
"North Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"North Frisian lemmas",
"North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"North Frisian verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sylt North Frisian"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "steken",
"4": "steke",
"5": "to enclose"
},
"expansion": "Middle English steke (“to enclose”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steken",
"4": "",
"5": "to stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steken (“to stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Scots steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "steek",
"4": "",
"5": "stitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch steek (“stitch”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "steeks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "steek (plural steeks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Scottish English"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1934, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Grey Granite (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 565:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stitch."
],
"links": [
[
"stitch",
"stitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Scotland) A stitch."
],
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Knitting"
],
"glosses": [
"The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique."
],
"links": [
[
"knitting",
"knitting#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(knitting) The bridge of extra stitches used in the steeking technique."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"knitting",
"manufacturing",
"textiles"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stiːk/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steek.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-steek.wav.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "steik"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"steek"
],
"word": "steek"
}
Download raw JSONL data for steek meaning in English (6.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.