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manarvel

manarvel verb: to steal food or supplies from a ship's store.

Verb

manarvel (third-person singular simple present manarvels, present participle (US) manarveling or (UK) manarvelling, simple past and past participle (US) manarveled or (UK) manarvelled)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To steal food or supplies from a ship's store.
    • The other three quarters didn't have the guts to manarvel the cargo. They were like jackals that are too cowardly to make their own kill, but must follow the trail of carcasses left by the lions and tigers.1967, Hal Travers, Voyage Sixty-nine, page 458
    • Zachary began to wonder whether the gomusta was not some kind of investigator, looking into a report of misplaced or manarveled provisions. Yet, why would he concern himself with butter of all things?2009, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, page 152

Forms of manarvel

third-person singular presentmanarvels
present participle USmanarveling
present participle UKmanarvelling
past participle USmanarveled
past USmanarveled
past participle UKmanarvelled
past UKmanarvelled
alternative formmanavel

Origin of manarvel

Unknown; probably related to manavelins.

Questions about manarvel

What does manarvel mean?
Manarvel means to steal food or supplies from a ship's store.
What part of speech is manarvel?
Manarvel is a verb.
What is the past tense of manarvel?
The past tense of manarvel is manarveled.

Words near manarvel in the dictionary

  1. Manar
  2. manarchist
  3. manarchists
  4. Manaris
  5. Manarola
  6. manarvel
  7. manarveled
  8. manarveling
  9. manarvelled
  10. manarvelling
  11. manarvels

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