steek

verb, chiefly Scottish

Synonyms and Antonyms of STEEK

to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening <Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again>

Synonyms make [chiefly dialect], shut, steek [chiefly Scottish]

Related Words bar, batten (down), bolt, chain, fasten, latch, lock; plug, seal, stopper; secure; bang, clap, slam

Near Antonyms unbar, unbolt, unchain, unfasten, unlatch, unlock, unseal

Antonyms open

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