stead

IPA: stˈɛd

noun

  • (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general.
  • (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
  • (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
  • (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.
  • (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
  • (in phrases, now literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
  • (figurative) An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases).
  • (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (obsolete) To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.
  • (obsolete) To fill the stead or place of something.
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Examples of "stead" in Sentences

  • Thanks for doing it in his stead.
  • This will hold him in good stead.
  • It could be blue or yellow in stead.
  • The artist's name on the cover is Stead.
  • Abraham then sacrifices the ram in Isaac's stead.
  • Stead himself died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
  • In 1672 the Steads were taxed on six hearths at the hall.
  • In stead he is fascinated by the dead and the living dead.
  • In stead of curd becoming milk, the milk itself becomes curd.
  • In stead of aligning words themselves, stems are used for aligning.

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