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homestead

home·stead
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hohm-sted, -stid]
    • /ˈhoʊm stɛd, -stɪd/
    • /ˈhəʊm.sted/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hohm-sted, -stid]
    • /ˈhoʊm stɛd, -stɪd/

Definitions of homestead word

  • noun homestead a town in S Florida. 1
  • verb with object homestead to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead: Pioneers homesteaded the valley. 1
  • verb without object homestead to acquire or settle on a homestead: They homesteaded many years ago. 1
  • noun homestead A house, especially a farmhouse, and outbuildings. 1
  • noun homestead property: house, home 1
  • noun homestead property acquired by squatting or settling 1

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Origin of homestead

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Old English hāmstede (not found in ME). See home, stead

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Homestead

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

homestead popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

homestead usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for homestead

noun homestead

  • sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
  • dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
  • habitat — the natural environment of an organism; place that is natural for the life and growth of an organism: a tropical habitat.
  • house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
  • haunt — to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.

verb homestead

  • plow — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
  • tend — to attend by action, care, etc. (usually followed by to).
  • graze — to touch or rub something lightly, or so as to produce slight abrasion, in passing: to graze against a rough wall.
  • sow — to scatter (seed) over land, earth, etc., for growth; plant.

Antonyms for homestead

noun homestead

  • annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
  • office — Microsoft Office

verb homestead

  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.

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