verb
- to shut or close something
Usage: Scottish; dialectal
noun
- a stitch in knitting
Usage: knitting terminology
Examples
- She steeked the door against the cold wind.
- The old man steeked his eyes and fell asleep.
- The knitter cut the steek to create the armhole opening.
- After completing the colorwork, she reinforced the steek with machine stitching.
- The steek allowed her to knit the sweater in the round.