"steg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stegs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: From Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|steg}} Middle English steg, {{der|en|non|steggr}} Old Norse steggr, {{der|en|gem-pro|*staggijaz}} Proto-Germanic *staggijaz, {{m|en|stag}} stag Head templates: {{en-noun}} steg (plural stegs)
  1. (obsolete) A gander. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: stag
    Sense id: en-steg-en-noun-N8bPUN0g
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /stɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-steg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stegs [present, singular, third-person], stegging [participle, present], stegged [participle, past], stegged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Shortening of steganography. Etymology templates: {{m|en|steganography}} steganography Head templates: {{en-verb}} steg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)
  1. (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-steg-en-verb-5VpuPcQA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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