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    [Adjective]  | "steady" | \ ˈste-dē \


    1: direct or sure in movement : unfaltering

    2: firm in position : fixed

    3: keeping nearly upright in a seaway

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English stedy, from stede;

    [Verb]  | "steady" 


    1: to make or keep steady

    2: to become steady

    Origin: 1530 ;

    [Adverb]  | "steady" 


    1: in a steady manner : steadily

    2: on the course set —used as a direction to the helmsman of a ship

    Origin: circa 1605 ;

    [Noun]  | "steady" 


    1: one that is steady; specifically : a boyfriend or girlfriend with whom one goes steady

    Origin: 1792 ;

    [Noun]  | "steady state" 


    1: a state or condition of a system or process (such as one of the energy states of an atom) that does not change in time; broadly : a condition that changes only negligibly over a specified time

    Origin: 1885 ;

    [Noun]  | "steady state theory" 


    1: a theory in astronomy: the universe has always existed and has always been expanding with hydrogen being created continuously

    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Idiom]  | "steady as a rock" 


    1: very steady

    [Idiom]  | "steady on" 


    1: —used to tell someone to be calmer, to stop thinking or saying foolish or unreasonable things, etc.

    [Idiom]  | "steady oneself" 


    1: to keep oneself balanced

    [Idiom]  | "steady one's/someone's nerves" 


    1: to make one/someone calm or calmer

    [Noun]  | "steady" 


    1: as in love, lover;


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    [Verb]  | "steady" 


    1: as in underlie, truss;


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    [Adjective]  | "steady" 


    1: firm in one's allegiance to someone or something;


      * e.g., " ... even as wild accusations were circulating, she remained steady in her support for the candidate "




    2: appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time;


      * e.g., " ... a popular author who produces a steady output of best sellers year after year "




    3: not undergoing a change in condition;


      * e.g., " ... a steady breeze from the west "




    [Phrase]  | "go steady" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... She asked him if he wanted to go steady. "



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    [Phrase]  | "gone steady" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... She asked him if he wanted to go steady. "



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    [Phrase]  | "went steady" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... She asked him if he wanted to go steady. "



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    [Phrase]  | "goes steady" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... She asked him if he wanted to go steady. "



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    [Phrase]  | "going steady" 


    1: to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage;


      * e.g., " ... She asked him if he wanted to go steady. "



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     [ "steady" ]

    1: In rap, often used as a synonmy for the word constantly.

      * e.g.,  ... I keep on steady smokin', hopefully I dide from chokin'. 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: A person's regular boyfriend or girlfriend; their main squeeze.

      * e.g.,  ... His "steady" kicked him to the curb two weeks ago. 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: As in "goin' steady," when a boy and a girl are bf/gf and are unavailable by their respective opposite sexes because they are taken and in love with eachother.... the two are goin' steady.

      * e.g.,  ... Hugo asked Kim out several times, and they got pinned, so now they're goin' steady. 

     [ "steady" ]

    1:  Stability - to be stable, balanced.

      * e.g.,  ...  I made sure the ladder was steady before I climbed up it. 

     [ "steady" ]

    2:  An outdated term for two people dating exclusively.

      * e.g.,  ...  Ted and Amy are going steady. 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: 'Calm down'

      * e.g.,  ... Whoa! Steady! 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: Neither increasing nor decreasing, or if either, very slightly and returning to original value.

      * e.g.,  ... The temperature is held at a steady 72 degrees fahrenheit. 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: a state of drunkenness preceding loss of motor-control at which the drinker feels 'loose' and uninhibited and has their final moments of feeling fully in control of ther faculties

      * e.g.,  ... 'I was feelin' pretty steady up until that third rum n' coke last nite...' 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: unwavering, unchanging, reliable

      * e.g.,  ... Hold it steady! 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: yea right

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: i bet i got more money than u 

     [ "steady" ]

    2: wat eva

      * e.g.,  ... person 2: steady 

     [ "steady" ]

    1: Adjective used to describe a hot girl.

      * e.g.,  ... "Look at that girl....steady!" 

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