Dictionary Definition
stead n : the function or position properly or
customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my
stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of" [syn: position, place, lieu]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
stede.Pronunciation
- , /stɛd/
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- Rhymes with: -ɛd
Noun
Translations
A place or room which another had, has, or might
have
A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead
A farmhouse and offices
- Finnish: tila
Translations
To help; to support; to benefit; to assist
- Finnish: auttaa
To fill place of
Derived terms
- bedstead
- homestead
- instead
Extensive Definition
Stead (pronounced 'sted') is a surname, and may refer to
- C. K. Stead, New Zealand writer and critic
- Christina Stead, Australian writer
- Dave Stead, drummer
- Edward Stead, early English cricket team manager
- Eugene A. Stead, American physician
- Gary Stead, New Zealand cricketer
- Jonathan Stead, English footballer
- Martin Stead, Canadian cricketer
- Ralph Stead, British corporate chairman
- Robert J.C. Stead, Canadian Journalist and Author
- William Force Stead, American diplomat, poet, academic and clergyman
- William Thomas Stead, British poet and journalist
- George Edwin Stead, Australian business man
- Paul Stead, English Online Blogger
- George Christopher Stead, Cambridge professor of philosophy and Christian doctrine
- bird Stead, Pet Bird of Heavy Metal