stelen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
- pilfer verb To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- purloin verb To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
- secrete verb Of a gland, cell, or plant, to produce and release a substance.
- steal verb To take something that belongs to someone else without permission or intention of returning it.
Senses
stelen is used for these senses in English:
- boost (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
- lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- pilfer (ambitransitive) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- purloin (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
- steal (transitive) To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
boost — full definition
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).
lift — full definition
- verb To raise something to a higher position.
- verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
- verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
- noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
- noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.