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steelsnounpl. of steel a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp pointdrew steel on the bandits, who immediately fled for their lives steelsverbpresent tense third-person singular of steelto fill with courage or strength of purposehoped that his inspirational talk would steel the youths in the pursuit of their dreams bears up, bucks up, buoys (up), cheers (up), chirks (up), emboldens, encourages, heartens, inspires, inspirits animates, enlivens, invigoratesenforces, fortifies, reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensassures, reassuresboosts, energizes, excites, galvanizes, provokes, quickens, rallies, stimulates, stirs daunts, discourages, disheartens, dispirits demoralizes, depresses, saddensdebilitates, enfeebles, hamstrings, undermines, weakensintimidates, psychs (out) to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposureyears of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman fortifies, hardens, indurates, inures, seasons, strengthens, toughens acclimates, acclimatizes, adapts, adjustsanneals, tempersinvigorates, vitalizesimmunizesbolsters, boosts, braces, buttresses, enforces, forearms, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supportsbreaks in, limbers (up), trainsaccustoms, conditions, habituates, naturalizes softens emasculates, enervates, enfeebles, exhausts, saps, weakenscripples, debilitates, hamstrings, incapacitatessensitizes to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallyhe had spent the previous night steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise braces, forearms, fortifies, nerves, poises, psyches (up), readies, strengthens armshardens, inures, seasons, toughensbolsters, boosts, buoys (up), buttresses, enforces, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supports, sustainscheers (up), comforts, emboldens, encourages, heartens, inspiresrallies, rouses, stirs daunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits, psychs (out), shakes, unnervesdebilitates, enervates, enfeebles, prostrates, saps, softens, tires, undercuts, undermines, weakens |