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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)
- (obsolete) A place, or spot, in general. [10-16th c.]
- (obsolete) A place where a person normally rests; a seat. [10-18c.]
- (Can we clean up this sense?) A specific place or point on a body or other surface. [11-15c.]
- (obsolete) An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc. [13-16c.]
- (obsolete) An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm. [14-19c.]
- (obsolete) The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [15-19c.]
- (in phrases, now literary) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor. [from 15c.]
- (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)
Etymology 2
Clipping of steady.
Noun
stead (plural steads)
- (Singapore, colloquial) One's partner in a romantic relationship.
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