stive
1 of 3verb
ˈstīv
-ed/-ing/-s
transitive verb
1
: to pack tightly : crowd
2
: to shut up in a warm close place : stifle, suffocate
intransitive verb
: suffocate
stive
2 of 3noun
"
plural -s
: dust
especially : the floating dust in flour mills caused by grinding
stive
3 of 3"
chiefly Scottish variant of steeve:1
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English stiven, probably from Spanish estibar or Portuguese estivar to pack tightly
Noun
obsolete Dutch stuive, from Middle Dutch stuve, stuyve pulverization; akin to Middle Dutch stuven, stieven to raise dust, Middle Low German stūven to raise dust, stübbe dust, Old High German stoub dust, stioban to raise dust, stuppi dust, Gothic stubjus
- get one's act together
- get one's ass in gear
- get one's ass kicked
- get one's back up
- get one's bearings
- get one's bell rung
- get one's card
- get one's claws on
- get one's ducks in a row
- get one's facts straight
- get one's feet wet
- get one's foot in the door
- get one's goat
- get one's hands off
- get one's hands off of
- get one's hands on
- get one's head on right
- get one's head on straight
- get one's head round
- get one's head screwed on right
- get one's head screwed on straight
- get one's hopes up
- get one's jollies
- get one's kicks
- get one's kicks (from)