STEAD

stead

Noun

  1. A place, or spot, in general.
  2. A place where a person normally rests; a seat.
  3. A specific place or point on a body or other surface.
  4. An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.
  5. An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm.
  6. The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
  7. The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.
  8. Figuratively, an emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases).

Verb

  1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
  2. To fill place of.


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