Reeve

What do we mean by reeve?

The elected president of a town council in some parts of Canada. noun

Any of various minor officers of parishes or other local authorities. noun

A bailiff or steward of a manor in the later medieval period. noun

A high officer of local administration appointed by the Anglo-Saxon kings. noun

To pass (a rope or rod) through a hole, ring, pulley, or block. transitive verb

To fasten by passing through or around. transitive verb

To pass a rope or rod through (a hole, ring, pulley, or block). transitive verb

The female ruff, Philomachus pugnax. noun

A steward; a prefect; a bailiff; a business agent. noun

A foreman in a coal-mine. noun

Nautical, to pass or run through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ring-bolt, cringle, etc., as the end of a rope.

To run (a ship) through narrow channels in a shoal or through openings in an ice-pack, after the fashion of a rope through the hole in a block, etc.

A bird, the female of the ruff, Machetes pugnax, See Pavoncella, and cut under ruff. noun

An obsolete variant of reave.

An officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds noun

To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like. transitive verb

The female of the ruff. noun

A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff. noun

To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it. verb

Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities. noun

Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

The president of a township or municipal district council.

The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

Words that are spelled similarly to reeve:
reeve, peeve, reave, reve, reese, greeve, reive, keeve, reece, releve, beeve, rieve, remeve, reede, deeve.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word reeve:
warden, aleutian, welling, kidder, donner, carney, superman, paralysis, knives, councillor, administrator, postmaster, burgess, manitoba, township, anchorage, huron, reelection, scarborough, gould, ontario, dana, provincial, saskatchewan, waterloo, oliver, municipality, commons, mayor, knife, riding, legislature, christopher, hastings, rural, elected, sheriff, incumbent, essential, manor, richmond, alaska, hms, militia, acclaimed, flew, ran, counties, kent, essex, unsuccessful, legislative, abbey, shell, clark, jane, toronto, assembly, seat, county, liberal.

Words that rhyme with reeve:
leave, naive, retrieve, perceive, believe, achieve, weave, receive, conceive, reprieve, deceive, heave, cleave, relieve, eve, interweave, sleeve, vive, peeve, nieve, bereave, grieve, aleve, reave, sheave, eave, neve, aggrieve, steve, interleave, steeve, greave, sleave, thieve, shrieve, lieve, greeve, shreve, cleve, aviv, leve, yves, keeve, greve, disbelieve, neave, preconceive, theave, shore leave, qui vive, prieve, misconceive, genevieve, naeve, chieve, prokofiev, scheve, shirtsleeve, threave, geneve, basket weave, plain weave, twill weave, rajiv, sabbatical leave, cheve, christmas eve, on leave, gleave, tel aviv, take leave, kieve, sick leave, misperceive, frost heave, compassionate leave, gildersleeve, dolman sleeve, shreeve, stieve, absence without leave, satin weave, on the qui vive, wind sleeve, midsummer eve, kleve, air sleeve, taffeta weave, meave, open weave, record sleeve, terminal leave, tel-aviv, biev, laneve, maharive, mccleave, sanjiv, satanjeev, soloviev.

Adjectives that are often used to describe reeve:
shire, port, hog, high, first, late, town, own, royal, old, english, deputy, dike, young, borough, former, manorial, shellman, wic, dyke, wood, hundred, celebrated, choleric, wont, municipal, lead, representative, eminent, learned, famous, sagacious, greville, deer, grevius, slender, worthy, venerable, rascally, paralyzed, faithful, superior, unlettered, communal, burgh.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective reeve:
angel, etal, 1994a, hall, halls, bradley, bowen, gear, preventers, systems, leathers, daly, sitting, downwards, points.

Consonant match to reeve:
rave, rev, rove, reave.

Words that sound like reeve:
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