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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. avoiding detection by moving carefully;
[syn: stealth, stealing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stealth \Stealth\ (st[e^]lth), n. [OE. stal[thorn]e. See Steal, v. t.] 1. The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths." --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 3. The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. [1913 Webster] Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. --Pope. [1913 Webster] The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] I told him of your stealth unto this wood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stealth n 1: avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth, stealing]