Stead

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The place, position, or function properly or customarily occupied by another.
  • n. Advantage; service; purpose: "His personal relationship with the electorate stands in good stead” ( John Sears).
  • v. To be of advantage or service to; benefit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
  • v. To fill place of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Place, or spot, in general.
  • n. Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
  • n. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
  • n. A farmhouse and offices.
  • v. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
  • v. To fill the place of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place; place in general.
  • n. Place or room which another had or might have: preceded by in: as, David died, and Solomon reigned in his stead. Hence instead.
  • n. Space of time; while; moment.
  • n. The frame on which a bed is laid: now rarely used except in the compound bedstead.
  • n. A steading.
  • n. Position or situation of affairs; state; condition; plight.
  • n. Assistance; service; use; benefit; advantage; avail: usually in the phrases to stand in stead, to do stead (to render service).
  • To place; put; set.
  • To place or put in a position of danger, difficulty, hardship, or the like; press; bestead.
  • With up: to replace; fill.
  • To avail; assist; benefit; serve; bo of service, advantage, or use to.
  • To stop; stay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    steaded    steading    steads   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    office    rôle    part    function   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    behalf   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bedstead    help    support    benefit    assist    place   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ed    Fed    Fred    Freda    Ged    Head    Jed    Med    Ned    Read   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abstracto    surprise    apposition    dancing    doing    tail    detail    sacerdotis    full    petto