steels

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of steel. Use this form when talking about more than one kind of steel.

   The factory makes several different steels for cars and bridges.

   Some steels rust much faster than others.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular of steel. Use it after he, she, or it.

   She steels herself before every difficult talk with her boss.

   He steels his nerves whenever he steps onto the stage.

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3. 3
   noun

   Shares in companies that make steel, or their listed prices.

   Like owning a small piece of a steel factory that you can buy and sell.

   Investors bought steels when car sales started to rise.

   Steels fell sharply after the new tariffs were announced.

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4. 4
   nouncountablewith the

   Ice skates, or the metal blades fixed to them.

   He laced up his steels and glided onto the frozen pond.

   Her steels cut clean lines across the ice.

   Similarskates, blades

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