homestead
verb/ˈhəʊmsted/
/ˈhəʊmsted/
[intransitive] (North American English, old-fashioned)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they homestead | /ˈhəʊmsted/ /ˈhəʊmsted/ |
| he / she / it homesteads | /ˈhəʊmstedz/ /ˈhəʊmstedz/ |
| past simple homesteaded | /ˈhəʊmstedɪd/ /ˈhəʊmstedɪd/ |
| past participle homesteaded | /ˈhəʊmstedɪd/ /ˈhəʊmstedɪd/ |
| -ing form homesteading | /ˈhəʊmstedɪŋ/ /ˈhəʊmstedɪŋ/ |
- to live and work on a homesteadWord OriginOld English hāmstede ‘a settlement’ (see home, stead).
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