Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to homestead
Participle: homesteaded
Gerund: homesteading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | homestead |
| you | homestead |
| he;she;it | homesteads |
| we | homestead |
| you | homestead |
| they | homestead |
Perfect
| I | have homesteaded |
| you | have homesteaded |
| he;she;it | has homesteaded |
| we | have homesteaded |
| you | have homesteaded |
| they | have homesteaded |
Past
| I | homesteaded |
| you | homesteaded |
| he;she;it | homesteaded |
| we | homesteaded |
| you | homesteaded |
| they | homesteaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had homesteaded |
| you | had homesteaded |
| he;she;it | had homesteaded |
| we | had homesteaded |
| you | had homesteaded |
| they | had homesteaded |
Future
| I | will homestead |
| you | will homestead |
| he;she;it | will homestead |
| we | will homestead |
| you | will homestead |
| they | will homestead |
Future Perfect
| I | will have homesteaded |
| you | will have homesteaded |
| he;she;it | will have homesteaded |
| we | will have homesteaded |
| you | will have homesteaded |
| they | will have homesteaded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | homestead |
| you | homestead |
| he;she;it | homestead |
| we | homestead |
| you | homestead |
| they | homestead |
Perfect
| I | have homesteaded |
| you | have homesteaded |
| he;she;it | have homesteaded |
| we | have homesteaded |
| you | have homesteaded |
| they | have homesteaded |
Imperfect
| I | homesteaded |
| you | homesteaded |
| he;she;it | homesteaded |
| we | homesteaded |
| you | homesteaded |
| they | homesteaded |
Pluperfect
| I | had homesteaded |
| you | had homesteaded |
| he;she;it | had homesteaded |
| we | had homesteaded |
| you | had homesteaded |
| they | had homesteaded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would homestead |
| you | would homestead |
| he;she;it | would homestead |
| we | would homestead |
| you | would homestead |
| they | would homestead |
Perfect
| I | would have homesteaded |
| you | would have homesteaded |
| he;she;it | would have homesteaded |
| we | would have homesteaded |
| you | would have homesteaded |
| they | would have homesteaded |
Imperative
| you | homestead |
| we | Let's homestead |
| you | homestead |
Verbs conjugated like 'homestead'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'homestead'
bestead,
shopstead,
coextend,
costean,
eavesread,
forelead,
foreread,
foresend,
forespeak,
forespeed,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead.
Sample Sentences
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When Samuel and Liza came to the Salinas Valley all the level land was taken, the rich bottoms, the little fertile creases in the hills, the forests, but there was still marginal land to be homesteaded, and in the barren hills, to the east of what is now King City, Samuel Hamilton homesteaded. [1952, John Steinbeck, chapter 2, in East of Eden:]
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He's an old man, Bandy...he homesteaded here. He lives with his grandson...he said he would like to talk to you. [2007, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood (motion picture), spoken by Al Rose (Jim Downey), set between 1898-1927 in New Mexico and Southern California with dialogue written to reflect the time period:]