English-Thai Dictionary

stealth

N การ ทำ ลับๆ  kan-tam-lab-lab

 

stealthy

ADJ ซึ่ง แอบ ทำ ลับๆ  sueng-aub-tam-lab-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEALTH

n.stelth. 1. The act of stealing; theft.
The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed on him by such an outlaw.
2. The thing stolen; as cabins that are dens to cover stealth. [Not in use. ]
3. Secret act; clandestine practice; means unperceived employed to gain an object; way or manner not perceived; used in a good or bad sense.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
The monarch blinded with desire of wealth, with steel invades the brothers life by stealth.

 

STEALTHY

a.Stelthy. Done by stealth; clandestine; unperceived. Now witherd murder with his stealthy pace moves like a ghost.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STEALTH

Stealth, n. Etym: [OE. staple. See Steal, v. t.]

 

1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs. ] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser.

 

2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs. ] "Sluttish dens. .. serving to cover stealths." Sir W. Raleigh.

 

3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope. The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. Dryden. I told him of your stealth unto this wood. Shak.

 

STEALTHFUL

STEALTHFUL Stealth "ful, a.

 

Defn: Given to stealth; stealthy. [Obs. ] -- Stealth "ful *ly, adv. [Obs. ] -- Stealth "ful *ness, n. [Obs. ]

 

STEALTHILY

STEALTHILY Stealth "i *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a stealthy manner.

 

STEALTHINESS

STEALTHINESS Stealth "i *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

 

STEALTHLIKE

STEALTHLIKE Stealth "like `, a.

 

Defn: Stealthy; sly. Wordsworth.

 

STEALTHY

Stealth "y, a. [Compar. Stealthier; superl. Stealthiest.]

 

Defn: Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder ] with his stealthy pace, ... Moves like a ghost. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stealth

stealth |stelTH stɛlθ | ▶noun cautious and surreptitious action or movement: the silence and stealth of a hungry cat | why did you slip away by stealth like this? ▶adjective (chiefly of aircraft ) designed in accordance with technology that makes detection by radar or sonar difficult: a stealth bomber. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘theft ’): probably representing an Old English word related to steal, + -th 2 .

 

stealth tax

stealth tax ▶noun a form of taxation levied in a covert or indirect manner.

 

stealthy

stealth y |ˈstelTHē ˈstɛlθi | ▶adjective ( stealthier, stealthiest ) behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard: stealthy footsteps. DERIVATIVES stealth i ly |-THəlē |adverb, stealth i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

stealth

stealth |stɛlθ | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] cautious and surreptitious action or movement: the silence and stealth of a hungry cat | privatization by stealth . 2 [ as modifier ] (chiefly of aircraft ) designed in accordance with technology which makes detection by radar or sonar difficult: a stealth bomber. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘theft ’): probably representing an Old English word related to steal, + -th 2 .

 

stealth tax

stealth tax ▶noun a form of taxation levied in a covert or indirect manner.

 

stealthy

stealthy |ˈstɛlθi | ▶adjective ( stealthier, stealthiest ) behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard: stealthy footsteps. DERIVATIVES stealthily adverb, stealthiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stealth

stealth noun the stealth of a cat burglar: furtiveness, secretiveness, secrecy, surreptitiousness, sneakiness, slyness. ANTONYMS openness.

 

stealthy

stealthy adjective she was a natural for such stealthy activities: furtive, secretive, secret, surreptitious, sneaking, sly, clandestine, covert, conspiratorial. ANTONYMS open.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stealth

stealth noun what they could not accomplish by violence or chicanery they would have to accomplish by stealth: furtiveness, secretiveness, secrecy, surreptitiousness, sneakiness, slyness, covertness, stealthiness, clandestineness. ANTONYMS openness.

 

stealthy

stealthy adjective there was a good deal of stealthy coming and going within the building: furtive, secretive, secret, surreptitious, sneaking, sly, skulking, slinking, clandestine, hidden, covert, cloaked, conspiratorial, under the table. ANTONYMS open.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stealth

stealth /stelθ / (! -ea-は /e /) 名詞 1 U 内密の行為 [行動 ]▸ by stealth ひそかに, 内密に, こっそりと 2 〖時にS -; 形容詞的に 〗〘軍 〙〈爆撃機などが 〉レーダーで捕捉 （ほそく ）されにくい ▸ a stealth bomber [fighter ]ステルス爆撃機 ▸ stealth technology ステルス技術 ～́ t à x (消費税など )いつの間にか払っている税金 .

 

stealthily

stealth i ly /stélθɪli /副詞 こっそりと, ひそかに .

 

stealthy

stealth y /stélθi /形容詞 こっそりする, ひそかな, 内密の .st é alth i ness 名詞