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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