noun a handle; a stale, or stele.
2. steal ·vt to gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
3. steal ·vi to practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
4. steal ·vt to withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
5. steal ·vi to withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively.
6. steal ·vt to accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
7. steal ·vt to get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation;
with away.
8. steal ·vt to take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.