steady /stedˈi/

1. Standing firmly
2. Fixed
3. Stable
4. Constant
5. Resolute
6. Consistent
7. Regular
8. Uniform
9. Sober, industrious
10. (with to) (of a hound) seldom diverted from the trail of (a deer, hare, etc)
11. (with from) (of a horse or hound) seldom distracted, upset or diverted by (another animal, a noise, etc)

1. To make steady
2. To support
3. To make or keep firm

1. A rest or support, as for the hand, a tool, or a piece of work
2. A regular boyfriend or girlfriend (informal)

1. Be careful!
2. Keep calm!
3. Hold the present course (nautical)
4. See ready, steady, go under ready

steadˈily adverb

steadˈiness noun

steadˈy-going adjective

Having or showing steady habits or action

steady state noun

1. A state or condition of dynamic equilibrium with entropy at its maximum (physics)
2. Any oscillation system that continues unchanged indefinitely (telecommunications)

steady-state theory noun (astronomy)

In cosmology, a theory that asserts the universe is in a steady state, being infinitely old and containing the same density of matter at all points and all times, with new matter being created to compensate for the space left by the observed expansion of the universe (cf Big Bang theory under bang¹; also called continuous creation)

go steady (informal)

(esp of a boy and girl not yet engaged to be married) to have a steady relationship, to go about regularly together

steady on!

1. Keep calm!
2. Don't be so foolish, hasty, etc

• refuel
• refuelable
• refuellable
• refuelled
• refuelling
• refuels
• refuge
• refuged
• refugee
• refugees
• refuges
• refugia
• refuging
• refugium
• refulgence
• refulgences
• refulgencies
• refulgency
• refulgent
• refulgently
• re-fund
• refund
• refundable
• re-funded
• refunded