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Definition stead

Etymology 1

From Middle English sted, stede, from Old English stede, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh?tis. Cognate with German Stadt, Gothic ????? (staţs, “place”), Danish and Swedish stad, Scots steid, Dutch stad, Yiddish ?????‎ (shtot). Doublet of stasis.

Noun

stead (plural steads)

  1. (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general. [10-16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat. [10-18c.]
  3. (Can we clean up this sense?) A specific place or point on a body or other surface. [11-15c.]
  4. (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. [13-16c.]
  5. (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm. [14-19c.]
  6. (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [15-19c.]
  7. (in phrases, now literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. [from 15c.]
  8. (figuratively) An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases). [from 15c.]
Verb

stead (third-person singular simple present steads, present participle steading, simple past and past participle steaded)

  1. To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful or noteful.
  2. To fill stead or place of.

Etymology 2

Clipping of steady.

Noun

stead (plural steads)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.

Results 224 Words with the letters STEAD

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7 letter words with the letters STEAD 
6 letter words with the letters STEAD 
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4 letter words with the letters STEAD 
ATES 4
DATE 5
EAST 4
EATS 4
ETAS 4
SADE 5
SATE 4
SEAT 4
SETA 4
TADS 5
TEAS 4
TEDS 5
3 letter words with the letters STEAD 
ADS 4
ATE 3
EAT 3
ETA 3
SAD 4
SAE 3
SAT 3
SEA 3
SET 3
TAD 4
TAE 3
TAS 3
TEA 3
TED 4
2 letter words with the letters STEAD 
AD 3
AE 2
AS 2
AT 2
DA 3
DE 3
ED 3
ES 2
ET 2
TA 2

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