Steadname

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A locality in Burley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1446).

steadnoun詞源 1/stɛd/

• 1

  The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.

  • She was so wretched and so vehement, complained so much of injustice in being expected to go away instead of Anne; Anne, who was nothing to Louisa, while she was her sister, and had the best right to stay in Henrietta's stead!
  • His nurse had told him all about changelings, and how the little people would always try to steal a beautiful human child out of its cradle and put in its stead one of their own ailing, puking brats […]
• 2

  A place as it relates to a role, service, or ability; capacity.

  • One may not expect to entirely stop the oncoming energy but the outgoing stands in a different stead, for in this a certain amount of ruling is possible by the native.
  • For instance, those who operate under generally available terms and conditions or whose interconnection agreements do not confer a contractual right to the BOC performance they seek under section 271 may stand in a different stead than those who have pursued claims that a BOC has failed to perform as required by agreement.
• 3

  A relational or circumstantial position; standing.

  • Though small and delicate-looking, she gave an impression of intense earnestness and latent toughness, qualities that stood her in good stead when she dared to challenge the most intrusive communist society in eastern Europe.
• 4

  A place as it relates to situation, circumstance, or status; condition.

  • Anthropology in India started in a different stead than what was the situation of its emergence in other countries.
  • I shiver to the cold solitude Overwhelming desire to have a different stead I don't know why I don't know why I'm just afraid to fly […]
• 5

  archaicliteraryA place, or spot, in general; location.

  • For he ne wonneth in one certaine stead, / But restlesse walketh all the world around[…].
  • The three Princes ceased not travelling together for seven days, at the end of which time one said to other, "Let us separate and let each make search in a different stead, so haply shall we hit upon our need."
• 6

  obsoleteA place where a person normally rests; a seat.

  • There now the hart, fearlesse of greyhound, feeds, / And loving pelican in safety breeds; / There shrieking satyres fill the people's emptie steads.
• 7

  obsoleteAn inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.

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  archaicAn estate, a property with its grounds; a farm; a homestead.

  • But of course I could not do this by myself, so I took a Hottentot—a very clever man when he was not drunk—who lived on the stead, into my confidence.
  • Nordic types may turn to Frigga as queen mother of Asgard, or even to good friend Thor, known to gladly bless a new stead and to party with the best.

steadverb詞源 1/stɛd/

• 1

  obsoleteTo help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful.

  • May you stead me? will you pleasure me? shall I know your answer?
  • I could never better stead thee than now.[…]
• 2

  obsoleteTo fill the stead or place of something.

steadnoun詞源 2/stɛd/

• 1

  One's partner in a romantic relationship.

  • C'mon lah!! Wake up.. Y R U stupid girls so CHEAP!! Imagine a baby making out with an adult! Want to have stead,.. Go find 1 16yr old rich kid lah!! At for let those men take advantage!! Remember Men CANNOT be Trusted!! Boys maybe can.
  • I prefer to know a guy better as a friend first before even considering him as a potential stead.