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tief

tief is the pronunciation spelling of thief.

Meaning of thief

Noun

thief (plural thieves)

  1. One who carries out a theft.
    • water-thieves and land-thievesc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
    • Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.1878, Thomas Tusser, “74. A Digression.”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC; republished as W[illiam]...
  3. (obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
    • But hear you, my Worthy Brethren: do not you, where you see a thief in the candle, call presently for an extinguisher[…]1640, Joseph Hall, Divine Light

Verb

tief (third-person singular simple present tiefs, present participle tiefing, simple past and past participle tiefed)

  1. (dialectal) To steal, to thieve.

Forms of tief

Noun
pluraltiefs
pluraltieves
Verb
third-person singular presenttiefs
present participletiefing
past participletiefed
pasttiefed

Questions about tief

What does tief mean?
Tief means to steal, to thieve.
What is tief the pronunciation spelling of?
Tief is the pronunciation spelling of thief.
What part of speech is tief?
Tief is a verb.
What is the past tense of tief?
The past tense of tief is tiefed.

Words near tief in the dictionary

  1. Tiedong
  2. tiedown
  3. tiedowns
  4. Tiedt
  5. Tiedts
  6. tief
  7. tiefed
  8. tiefing
  9. tiefling
  10. tieflings
  11. tiefs

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