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manavel

manavel is the alternative form of manarvel.

Meaning of manarvel

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

Forms of manavel

third-person singular presentmanavels
present participle USmanaveling
present participle UKmanavelling
past participle USmanaveled
past USmanaveled
past participle UKmanavelled
past UKmanavelled

Questions about manavel

What is manavel the alternative form of?
Manavel is the alternative form of manarvel.

Words near manavel in the dictionary

  1. Manaul
  2. Manaus
  3. Manav
  4. manavalins
  5. Manavati
  6. manavel
  7. manaveled
  8. manaveling
  9. manavelins
  10. manavelling
  11. manavels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: manavel (page history and authors); manarvel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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