stive Meaning, Definition & Usage

Stive transitive verb

Etymology

Probably fr. F. estiver to compress, stow, L. stipare: cf. It. stivare, Sp. estivar. Cf. Stevedore, Stiff.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Stived ; present participle & verbal noun Stiving

Definitions

1. To stuff; to crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling. Sandys.

   His chamber was commonly stived with friends or suitors of one kind or other. Sir H. Wotton.

Stive intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To be stifled or suffocated.

Stive noun

Definitions

1. The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding. De Colange.