Synonyms of the word

steel

• n. (uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used…
• n. (countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including.
• n. (uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually)…
• n. (countable) Varieties of this metal.
• n. (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray.
• adj. Made of steel.
• adj. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
• adj. (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
• adj. (medicine, obsolete) Containing steel.
• adj. (printing) Engraved on steel.
• v. (transitive) To edge, cover, or point with steel.
• v. (transitive) To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, of mirrors) To back with steel.
• v. (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
• v. (transitive, dialectal) To press with a flat iron.
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
• v. (transitive) To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
• v. (transitive) To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
• v. (transitive) To sharpen with a honing steel.
• p.n. (Britain, crime, slang, obsolete) Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

alloy

• n. A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
• n. An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
• v. To mix or combine; often used of metals.
• v. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
• v. (figuratively) To impair or debase by mixture.

arm

• n. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
• n. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
• n. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
• n. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object,…
• n. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
• n. A branch of an organization.
• n. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.
• n. (baseball, slang) A pitcher.
• n. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
• n. A group of patients in a medical trial.
• v. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
• v. To supply with arms or limbs.
• adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
• adj. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
• n. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
• n. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia.
• v. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
• v. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
• v. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
• v. (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
• v. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

blade

• n. The sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword.
• n. The flat functional end of a propeller, oar, hockey stick, screwdriver, skate, etc.
• n. The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.
• n. (botany) The thin, flat part of a plant leaf, attached to a stem (petiole). The lamina.
• n. A flat bone, especially the shoulder blade.
• n. A cut of beef from near the shoulder blade (part of the chuck).
• n. The flat part of the tongue.
• n. (poetic) A sword or knife.
• n. (archaeology) A piece of prepared, sharp-edged stone, often flint, at least twice as long as it is wide;…
• n. (ultimate frisbee) A throw characterized by a tight parabolic trajectory due to a steep lateral attitude.
• n. (sailing) The rudder, daggerboard, or centerboard of a vessel.
• n. A bulldozer or surface-grading machine with mechanically adjustable blade that is nominally perpendicular…
• n. (dated) A dashing young man.
• n. (slang, chiefly US) A homosexual, usually male.
• n. Thin plate, foil.
• n. (architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
• n. The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the…
• n. Airfoil in windmills and windturbines.
• n. (computing) A blade server.
• v. (informal) To skate on rollerblades.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a blade.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To put forth or have a blade.
• v. (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To cut (a person) so as to provoke bleeding.

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

brand

• n. (obsolete, rare) A conflagration; a flame.
• n. (archaic or poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, also a glowing cinder.
• n. (Scotland, Northern England) A torch used for signaling.
• n. (archaic) A sword.
• n. A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
• n. A branding iron.
• n. A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
• n. A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
• n. Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
• n. The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand…
• n. Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
• v. (transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to…
• v. (transitive) To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
• v. (transitive) To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
• v. (transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).
• v. (transitive, marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

metal

• n. (heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
• n. (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
• n. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
• n. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal,…
• n. (archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
• n. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
• n. (Britain, obsolete, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
• n. (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
• adj. (music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
• adj. Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding,…
• v. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

nerve

• n. (zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
• n. (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
• n. (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
• n. Courage, boldness.
• n. Patience.
• n. Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
• n. Audacity, gall.
• n. (in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
• n. (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
• v. (transitive) To give courage.
• v. (transitive) To give strength.

poise

• n. (obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
• n. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
• n. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
• n. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
• n. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
• n. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
• n. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
• n. (physics) A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.
• v. (obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
• v. (obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
• v. (obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.
• v. (obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.
• v. (now rare) To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
• v. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
• v. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
• v. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

sharpener

• n. A device for making things sharp.
• n. (figuratively) That which makes something sharp.

sword

• n. (weaponry) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice…
• n. Someone paid to handle a sword.
• n. (tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
• n. (tarot) A card of this suit.
• n. (weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
• n. (heraldry) The weapon, often used as a heraldic charge.

weapon

• n. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
• n. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
• n. (informal, humorous) A tool of any kind.