STEAD

vt to fill place of.

2. stead ·noun a farmhouse and offices.

3. stead ·noun place, or spot, in general.

4. stead ·noun a frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

5. stead ·noun place or room which another had, has, or might have.

6. stead ·vt to help; to support; to benefit; to assist.