How do you spell Stead

Available Definitions:
1)  n. - Place, or spot, in general.
2)  n. - Place or room which another had, has, or might have.
3)  n. - A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
4)  n. - A farmhouse and offices.
5)  v. t. - To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
6)  v. t. - To fill place of.