Definitions
1.nounAn artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
2.nounAny item made of this metal, particularly including:
3.nounMedicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
4.nounVarieties of this metal.
5.noun(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
6.nounExtreme hardness or resilience.
7.verbTo edge, cover, or point with steel.
8.verbTo harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
9.verb(of mirrors) To back with steel.
10.verbTo treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
11.verbTo press with a flat iron.
12.verbTo cause to resemble steel in appearance.
13.verbTo steelify; to turn iron into steel.
14.verbTo electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
15.verbTo sharpen with a honing steel.
16.adjectiveMade of steel.
17.adjectiveSimilar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
18.adjectiveOf or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
19.adjectiveContaining steel.
20.adjectiveEngraved on steel.