noun
Meaning 1
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
helve
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/hɛlv/
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rhymes with -ɛlv
noun
Meaning 2
A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
the handle of a weapon or tool
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: haft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handle, grip, handgrip, hold
History
Etymology
From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: dəstə — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Azerbaijani: sap — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Azerbaijani: qulp — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Azerbaijani: qəbzə — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Bulgarian: дръжка (drǎžka) — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Finnish: kahva — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Finnish: varsi — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Finnish: tukki — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Galician: moca — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Galician: cabo — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Plautdietsch: Stäl — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Polish: trzonek — The handle or haft of a tool or weapon
- Azerbaijani: saplamaq — to furnish with a helve
- Finnish: varttaa — to furnish with a helve
- Polish: wyposażać w trzonek — to furnish with a helve
- Polish: wyposażyć w trzonek — to furnish with a helve