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STEAD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English stif ‘rigid’, ‘inflexible’, hence a nickname for someone who had difficulty in bending. The term was also used in a transferred sense of character (generally in the approving sense ‘resolute’, ‘steadfast’) from the 12th century, and this use may lie behind many examples of the surname.
Boy/Male
Indian
The firm, The steadfast
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : variant of Tulloch. In Scotland it is pronounced tyookh.English : nickname for a valiant or stubborn person, from Middle English togh, tow(e) ‘steadfast’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Steadman.
Boy/Male
Muslim
The firm, The steadfast
Girl/Female
Muslim
Steady, Confident
Girl/Female
Muslim
Firm, Steady
Boy/Male
Indian
Steady
Boy/Male
Indian
Honest, Sincere, One whos steadfast in happiness and sorrow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, named as ‘the estate (see Stead) on the hill’.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Steady mind, Unmoved
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sthiratha | ஸà¯à®¤à¯€à®°à®¤à®¾
Steadiness
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nishchala | நிஷà¯à®šà®²
Steady mind, Unmoved
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Yorkshire)
English (chiefly West Yorkshire) : habitational name from Stead in West Yorkshire, or from some other place taking its name from Old English stede ‘estate’, ‘farm’, ‘place’.English (chiefly West Yorkshire) : from Middle English steed ‘stud horse’, ‘stallion’, applied as a nickname to a lusty person or as an occupational name to someone responsible for looking after stallions.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Steady mind, Unmoved
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nischala | நீஸà¯à®šà®²à®¾
Steady mind, Unmoved
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English
English : variant spelling of Frome.German : from a short form of a personal name composed with Middle High German vrom, vrum ‘valiant’, ‘steadfast’ (see Frommelt).
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English
English : nickname for a resolute person, from Middle English stedy ‘firm’, ‘steadfast’.
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English
English : variant of Stead.
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English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trow(e), trew(e) ‘faithful’, ‘steadfast’.English : variant of Tree, from Middle English trow, trew.English : topographic name for someone who lived near a depression in the ground, from Middle English trow ‘trough’, ‘hollow’.Translated form of French Jetté (see Jette). Trow represents the French Canadian pronunciation of English ‘throw’.
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a.
Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
v. t.
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Steady
v. i.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
n.
A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
n.
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
supperl.
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
a.
Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
n.
Fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness.
n.
The unit of electro-motive force; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampere. It is practically equivalent to / the electro-motive force of a standard Clark's cell at a temperature of 15¡ C.
n.
The quality or state of being steady.
imp. & p. p.
of Steady
adv.
In a steadfast manner; firmly.
prep.
In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
n.
Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
n.
The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.
n.
Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a prince, or the like; unwavering; faithful; loyal; not false, fickle, or perfidious; as, a true friend; a wife true to her husband; an officer true to his charge.
adv.
In a steady manner.
n.
Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
v.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.