verb · intransitive · rare

reeve

reeve · reeves · reeved / rove · reeving

To pass through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten itTo pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

/ɹiːv/

» Their small town had a reeve instead of a mayor.

Meaning

1 senses

(dialectal)To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
pass through a hole or opening

2 sentences

Their small town had a reeve instead of a mayor.
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Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (

Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (“to take in, insert”).

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reeves, reeving, reeved, reeved

regular

I, you, we, they	reeve
he, she, it	reeves

all persons

reeved

I, you, we, they	have reeved
he, she, it	has reeved

all persons

will reeve

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