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home·stead
(hōm′stĕd′)n.
1. A house, especially a farmhouse, with adjoining buildings and land.
2. Law Property qualifying as a person's home under certain laws, such as laws providing tax abatements and exemptions, survivorship rights for spouse and children, and immunity from claims of creditors.
3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
4. The place where one's home is.
v. home·stead·ed, home·stead·ing, home·steads
v.intr.
To settle and farm land, especially under the Homestead Act.
v.tr.
To claim and settle (land) as a homestead.
home′stead′er n.
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homestead
(ˈhəʊmˌstɛd; -stɪd)n
1. (Agriculture) a house or estate and the adjoining land, buildings, etc, esp a farm
2. (Law) (in the US) a house and adjoining land designated by the owner as his fixed residence and exempt under the homestead laws from seizure and forced sale for debts
3. (Law) (in western Canada) a piece of land, usually 160 acres, granted to a settler by the federal government
4. (Agriculture) Austral and NZ the owner's or manager's residence on a sheep or cattle station; in New Zealand the term includes all outbuildings
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home•stead
(ˈhoʊm stɛd, -stɪd)n., v. -stead•ed, -stead•ing. n.
1. a dwelling with its land and buildings occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
2. any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home.
3. a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act.
v.t. 4. to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead.
v.i. 5. to acquire or settle on a homestead.
[before 1000]
home′stead`er, n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() land - the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city" |
2. | homestead - land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" | |
3. | homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" | |
Verb | 1. | homestead - settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead settle - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota" |
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Translations
البَيْت العائِلي
statek
bondegård
tanya
bústaîur, bÿli; bóndabær
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homestead
[ˈhəʊmstɛd] n (= house) → propriété f (= farm) → ferme fhome straight home stretch n (fig) → dernière ligne f droite
to be in the home straight → être dans la dernière ligne droitehome team n (SPORT) → équipe f qui reçoithome town n
my home town (place of birth) → ma ville natale; (where I grew up) → la ville où j'ai grandi; (where I now live) → la ville où je résidehome truth n
to tell sb some home truths → dire ses quatre vérités à qn
I'll tell him a few home truths → Je vais lui dire ses quatre vérités.home video n → vidéo f amateurhome visit n (by doctor) → visite f à domicile
to be in the home straight → être dans la dernière ligne droitehome team n (SPORT) → équipe f qui reçoithome town n
my home town (place of birth) → ma ville natale; (where I grew up) → la ville où j'ai grandi; (where I now live) → la ville où je résidehome truth n
to tell sb some home truths → dire ses quatre vérités à qn
I'll tell him a few home truths → Je vais lui dire ses quatre vérités.home video n → vidéo f amateurhome visit n (by doctor) → visite f à domicile
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home
(həum) noun1. the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives. I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten.
2. the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally. America is the home of jazz.
3. a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after. an old folk's home; a nursing home.
4. a place where people stay while they are working. a nurses' home.
5. a house. Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home.
adjective1. of a person's home or family. home comforts.
2. of the country etc where a person lives. home produce.
3. (in football) playing or played on a team's own ground. the home team; a home game.
adverb1. to a person's home. I'm going home now; Hallo – I'm home!
2. completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be. He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers.
ˈhomeless noun plural, adjective (people) without a place to live in. This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people.
ˈhomely adjective1. simple but pleasant. homely food.
2. making a person feel he is at home. a homely atmosphere.
3. (American) (of a person) not attractive; ugly.
ˈhomeliness nounˈhoming adjective
1. (of pigeons etc) which (can) fly home when set free a long way from home.
2. able to take a missile etc to its target. These torpedoes have homing devices in their noses.
ˈhome-coming noun1. the return home of a person (who has been away for some time). We had a party to celebrate his home-coming.
2. (American) an annual event held by a college, a university or high school for former students.
ˌhome-ˈgrown adjective grown in one's own garden or in one's own country. These tomatoes are home-grown.
ˈhomeland noun a person's native land. Immigrants often weep for their homeland.
ˌhome-ˈmade adjective made by a person at home; not professionally made. home-made jam; home-made furniture.
home rule the government of a country or part of a country by its own citizens.
ˈhomesick adjective missing one's home. When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick.
ˈhomesickness nounˈhomestead (-sted) noun
a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc.
home truth a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person. It's time someone told him a few home truths.
ˈhomeward adjective going home. his homeward journey.
ˈhomeward(s) adverb towards home. his journey homeward; He journeyed homewards.
ˈhomework noun work or study done at home, especially by a school pupil. Finish your homework!
at home1. in one's home. I'm afraid he's not at home.
2. (in football etc) in one's own ground. The team is playing at home today.
be/feel at home to feel as relaxed as one does in one's own home or in a place or situation one knows well. I always feel at home in France; He's quite at home with cows – he used to live on a farm.
home in on to move towards (a target etc). The missile is designed to home in on aircraft.
leave home1. to leave one's house. I usually leave home at 7.30 a.m.
2. to leave one's home to go and live somewhere else. He left home at the age of fifteen to get a job in Australia.
make oneself at home to make oneself as comfortable and relaxed as one would at home. Make yourself at home!
nothing to write home about not very good. The concert was nothing to write home about.
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