English-Thai Dictionary

reeve

N ข้าราชการ ระดับสูง  sheriff ka-rad-cha-kn-ra-dub-suang

 

reeve

V ร้อย เชือก ,ร้อย ด้าย 

 

reeved

VT กริยา ช่อง ที่  2 ของ  reeve kri-ya-chong-ti-2-kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REEVE

n.A steward. Obs.

 

REEVE

n.A bird, the female of the ruff.

 

REEVE

v.t.In seamen's language, to pass the end of a rope through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ring-bolt, cringle, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REEVE

REEVE Reeve (rv ), n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The female of the ruff.

 

REEVE

Reeve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rove (rv ); p. pr. & vb. n. Reeving.] Etym: [Cf. D. reven. See Reef, n. & v. t.] (Naut. )

 

Defn: To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

 

REEVE

Reeve, n. Etym: [OE. reve, AS. ger. Cf. Sheriff. ]

 

Defn: an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

reeve

reeve 1 |rēv riv | ▶noun Canadian the president of a village or town council. • chiefly historical a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England. ORIGIN Old English rēfa.

 

reeve

reeve 2 |riv rēv | ▶verb ( past and past participle rove |rōv | or reeved ) [ with obj. ] Nautical thread (a rope or rod ) through a ring or other aperture, esp. in a block: one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain. • fasten (a rope or block ) in this way. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail )’ (see reef 2 ).

 

reeve

reeve 3 |riv rēv | ▶noun a female ruff. See ruff 1 ( sense 3 ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin.

 

Reeve, Christopher

Reeve, Christopher |rēv riv | (1952 –2004 ), US actor. He starred in the Superman movie series 1978 –87, as well as other movies such as Somewhere in Time (1980 ), Deathtrap (1982 ), and Rear Window (1998 ). A horseback riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down, after which he became a prominent advocate for public awareness of and research support for spinal cord injuries.

 

Oxford Dictionary

reeve

reeve 1 |riːv | ▶noun chiefly historical a local official, in particular the chief magistrate of a town or district in Anglo-Saxon England. • historical an official supervising a landowner's estate. • Canadian the president of a village or town council. ORIGIN Old English rēfa.

 

reeve

reeve 2 |riːv | ▶verb ( past and past participle rove |rəʊv | or reeved ) [ with obj. ] Nautical thread (a rope or rod ) through a ring or other aperture: one end of the new rope was reeved through the chain. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: probably from Dutch reven ‘reef (a sail )’ (see reef 2 ).

 

reeve

reeve 3 |riːv | ▶noun a female ruff. See ruff 1 ( sense 4 ). ORIGIN early 17th cent.: variant of dialect ree, of unknown origin.

 

Reeve, Christopher

Reeve, Christopher |rēv riv | (1952 –2004 ), US actor. He starred in the Superman movie series 1978 –87, as well as other movies such as Somewhere in Time (1980 ), Deathtrap (1982 ), and Rear Window (1998 ). A horseback riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down, after which he became a prominent advocate for public awareness of and research support for spinal cord injuries.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

reeve

reeve /riːv /名詞 C ｟英 ｠(昔の )代官 ; (荘園の )管理人 ; ｟カナダ ｠町 [村 ]会議長 .