stead

/stษ›d/

IPA: /S T EH1 D/

noun
  1. 1

    A place, or spot, in general.

  2. 2

    A place where a person normally rests; a seat.

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm.

  5. 5

    The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases).

verb
  1. 1

    To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful or noteful.

  2. 2

    To fill stead or place of.

noun
  1. 1

    One's partner in a romantic relationship.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stead