1. A wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
   "She draped an elegant fur stole over her evening gown"

1. Take without the owner's consent
   "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation";
   - rip off [informal], rip [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Move stealthily
   "The ship stole away in the darkness";
   - slip
    
3. (baseball) advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch
   "He stole second base"

Derived forms: stoles

See also: slide by

Type of: advance, forge ahead, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, move, pull ahead, scarf, take, win

Encyclopedia: Stole