Steed

Definition: Steed

Steed

Noun

1. (literary) spirited horse for state or war.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "steed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Inutility

Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late);seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible).

Crosswords: Steed

As a white knight on a steed. (Daydream Believer; performing artist: The Monkees)

Albert J. Steed (1964)

The White Steed (1959)

Afro-Centrix Volume 53: Hooked On Jake Steed (1999)

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Books

• Death rides a black steed (reference)

• Golden Steed (reference)

• Gretchen and the White Steed (reference)

• John Steed : an authorized biography (reference)

• Shadow Steed (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Fiery steed, Port-au-Prince, Hayti, W.I., A. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Sultan's steed. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Bruno took a good handful of mane in each hand, and made believe to guide this new kind of steed.

A cavalier mounted on a large steed, might be about a hundred feet high

The stabler of the iron horse was up early this winter morning by the light of the stars amid the mountains, to fodder and harness his steed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "steed": a noble steed. Additional references.

Albanian

Kalë (buck, equine, gee, Hackney, horse, knight, nag, vaulting horse). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرس (bolter, horse, mare), ‏جواد (bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, munificent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Кон (Dobbin). (various references)

Chinese 

駿馬 . (various references)

Czech

Oř (courser). (various references)

Farsi 

مرکوب (Palfrey), وسیله نقلیه (Conveyance, Transport, Vehicle), توسن , اسب . (various references)

Finnish

sotaratsu (charger), ratsu (charger, knight, mount). (various references)

French

Coursier. (various references)

German

Ross (dolt, horse, Mount). (various references)

Greek 

άτι (stallion, war horse). (various references)

Hebrew 

ׁוס. (various references)

Hungarian

Paripa (charger). (various references)

Italian

Destriero (charger), Corsiero. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

駿足 (brilliant person, fast runner, fleet speed, fleet steed, swift horse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅ�"そく (brilliant person, fast runner, fleet speed, fleet steed, swift horse, talented person). (various references)

Manx

eagh (racehorse, riding horse). (various references)

Pig Latin

eedstay.(various references)

Portuguese

corcel (courser). (various references)

Romanian

Fugar (exile, fleeting, fugitive, hasty, rapid, refugee, runaway), Cal (gee, gee-gee, horse, knight), Armãsar (horse, stallion, studhorse). (various references)

Russian 

Конь, конь (courser, horse, knight, vaulting horse). (various references)

Scottish

steud (a horse, a steed, warhorse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

parip, konj (equine, hippo, horse, knight, pacer, stalking horse, troop-horse, vaulting horse). (various references)

Spanish

corcel (charger, racehorse). (various references)

Swedish

Springare (courser, courses, knight), Gångare (Palfrey, Walker), Fåle (colt). (various references)

Thai

ม้าพันธุ์�"ี. (various references)

Turkish

Savaş Atı (charger, warhorse), At (equine, gee, gee-gee, hack, horse, knight). (various references)

Ukrainian

Кінь. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chiến mã. (various references)

Welsh

march (horse, stallion), amws. (various references)

caballus, equus, senipes. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "steed": steeds. (additional references)

Words ending with "steed": trusteed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Steed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esteed, saeed, Saeeda, Saeedi, satied, sceed, Scheid, Setdet, Setec, staed, stede, stedt, stedy, Stee, steead, steedy, steef, steeg, stees, Steet, steid, stemed, stend, sterd, stewd, stex, steze, stide, stief, stoed, streed, stude, styed, sweed, tsade, tsee, tseef, tseet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deets.

-1 letter: dees, deet, seed, teds, teed, tees.

-2 letters: dee, eds, see, set, ted, tee.

-3 letters: de, ed, es, et.

+1 letter: bested, desert, deters, detest, devest, eldest, etudes, jested, nested, rested, seated, sedate, steeds, stewed, teased, tensed, tested, tweeds, vested, zested.

+2 letters: bestead, betides, cestode, chested, crested, deadest, deafest, dearest, debates, deceits, deepest, defeats, defects, deftest, deities, dejects, delates, deletes, dements, demotes, denotes, densest, deputes, derates, descent, deserts, despite, dessert, destine, detects, detents, detests, detoxes, devests, devotes, dewiest, diester, dieters, edgiest, egested, endites, escoted, estated, existed, extends, feasted, guested, headset, heisted, ideates, lewdest, nestled, oersted, pestled, quested, redates, reddest, reedits, reested, resited, sauteed, scented, sedated, sedater, sedates, seethed, settled, sheeted, sleeted, smelted, standee, steaded, steamed, steeked, steeled, steeped, steered, steeved, stemmed, stepped, stetted, strewed, sweated, tedders, teddies, teledus, tenders, teredos, tressed, wrested, yeasted.