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How to pronounce reeve in English?

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Type Words
Type of pass through
Type Words
Type of philomachus pugnax, ruff
Type Words
Type of pass through


reeve an opening.
Type Words
Type of pass through


reeve a rope.

Examples of reeve

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Reeve is fascinated by the variety of native species now thriving on their land.
From the dailyherald.com
Reeve declined, as he had not yet received his bachelor's degree from Juilliard.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The borough's government was in the hands of a borough-reeve and portmote court.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Reeve has made the team before and counts it among his highest accomplishments.
From the newsobserver.com
Reeve Carney, the newly installed Spidey, can still walk unnoticed to rehearsals.
From the nytimes.com
Reeve spent nine years with the Shock and has 21 years of coaching experience.
From the usatoday.com
Reeve, who was also under Onders'care, tested the device about five years ago.
From the dispatch.com
Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down in a horseback riding accident in 1995.
From the dispatch.com
Reeve noted that Butler County installed an all-composite bridge a decade ago.
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More examples
  • Pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
  • Female ruff
  • Fasten by passing through a hole or around something
  • Originally in Anglo-Saxon England the reeve was a senior official with local responsibilities under the Crown e.g. as the chief magistrate of a town or district. ...
  • Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities; The president of a township or municipal district council; To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it
  • (reeved) Of a rope, passed through a hole, ring or pulley
  • (Reeves) an Other dispatched by Ryan to head off with Miles' group as they went off to bury Sayid. Reeves, along with his companion Vanessa, was shot dead in the attack by the rebel Others on Nehemiah's side. (Outcast)
  • (Reeves) was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., an American geologist, and Patricia Taylor, an English showgirl and costume designer who was working in Beirut when she met Reeves' father at a local nightclub.
  • ("Reeving") The reeving of the hoist is the path of the rope between the hoist and the load block.