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Steeving
- - The act or practice of one who steeves.
Stemming
- verb - cause to point inward; "stem your skis"
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"
- remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"
- stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"
Stenting
- - An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
Stepping
- verb - cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"
- measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
- move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
- shift or move by taking a step; "step back"
- treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard"
Sterling
- adjective - Alloy of silver containing 92.5% by weight of silver and 7.5% of other metals e.g. copper
- British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
- highest in quality
Stetting
- verb - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
- printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
Sticking
- verb - be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her principles"
- be a mystery or bewildering to;
- be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
- be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane it"
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
- endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
- extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
Stifling
- verb - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Stilling
- verb - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
- lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
- make calm or still;
- make motionless