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steed

/stiːd/

steed noun: a stallion, especially one used for riding.

Noun

steed (plural steeds)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially one used for riding.
    • The studded bridle on a ragged bough
      Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --
      The steed is stalled up, and even now
      To tie the rider she begins to prove:
      Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust,
      And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust.1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC
    • The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 7
    Synonyms:
    mount
  2. (humorous, slang) A bicycle or other vehicle.
    • In the green lanes of Merrie England the bicycle rider in his natty uniform, speeding along on his silent steed, is met with almost as often as vehicles drawn by horses, and it is safe to say that in the various countries of the world not less than half a million bicycles and tricycles are now in...1887 July 26, Thomas Stevens, “Bicycle chat for boys”, in Harper's Young People, volume VIII, number 404, page 614
    • I may not scorch on thee again—thou'rt pinched, my silent steed!1897, “The scorcher's farewell to his steed”, in Edmond Redmond, editor, Lyra Cyclus […] , Rochester, NY, page 59

Proper noun capitalized: Steed

Steed (plural Steeds)

  1. A surname.

steed meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

steed in Tamil

போர்க்குதிரை

steed in Urdu

جنگی گھوڑا, سمند

steed in Bengali

ঘোড়া, তেজী অশ্ব

steed in Kannada

ಕುದುರೆ
More languagesFewer languages
steed in Odia
ବାରୁ bāru

Examples of steed in a sentence

  • For this reason he was called Sleipnir ("the slipper) and was given to Oðinn as his steed.
  • And so the graafs mounted their huge steeds and fled, breaking through the enemy lines.
  • But I don’t use the spurs, once my steed is tame,” he argued.

All 18 example sentences with steed

Synonyms of steed

Forms of steed

Noun
pluralsteeds
Proper noun
pluralSteeds

Origin of steed

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

Words formed from steed

Phrases with steed

Words that rhyme with steed

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about steed

What does steed mean?
Steed means a stallion, especially one used for riding.
What is steed in Tamil?
Steed in Tamil is போர்க்குதிரை. See Steed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is steed?
Steed can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce steed?
Steed is pronounced /stiːd/.
What is the plural of steed?
The plural of steed is steeds.

Words near steed in the dictionary

  1. Stedman
  2. Stedmans
  3. steds
  4. stedy
  5. stee
  6. steed
  7. steedless
  8. Steedley
  9. Steedleys
  10. steedlike
  11. steeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: steed (page history and authors); Steed (page history and authors); steed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); steed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); steed (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); steed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ବାରୁ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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