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HOMESTEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):
acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)
Derivation:
homestead (settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("homestead" is a kind of...):
land (the land on which real estate is located)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "homestead" is one way to...):
settle (form a community)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
homestead (land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law)
homesteader (someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it)
