to steady
41
3.4
- verb
- /ˈstɛdi/
:
sujetar
- He placed his hand on the table to steady himself during the earthquake.
Swipe in the morning, comes next to keep the headache at Bay, to moisten his wooden tongue, to steady his shaking hands.
- Swipe in the morning, comes next to keep the headache at Bay, to moisten his wooden tongue, to steady his shaking hands.
Examples
-
Jacob put a hand on her shoulder to steady her as jackboots slapped against the floor of New Church.
Fiction book (1991) -
Peter poured me some brandy and steadied my arm while I drank it.
Fiction book (1991) -
I put a hand on the side of the building to steady myself.
Fiction book (1990) -
I could hear him taking a deep breath, trying to steady himself.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you think you can steady me until I'm finished?
-
First off, when you're just starting, try to steady your elbow if you can.
-
"Well, you've seen one now," he said, steadying himself with the chair beside him.
Fiction book (1990) -
The student steadied his camcorder with one hand and held a microphone with the other.
Fiction book (1990) -
My heart rate slowed, my breathing steadied, and the urge to run faded away.
Blog text (20) -
For several years, teleoperated robots have helped surgeons perform delicate operations by scaling down and steadying the movements of their hands.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
347
3.3
To fasten firmly so it cannot move or be taken
285
2.0
To keep something steady so it does not fall
197
3.7
To make something steady so it stops moving or falling
150
4.4
To make something stronger or prepare yourself for something difficult
17
2.9
Keep something or someone in place and still
8
4.8
To hold something in a steady, balanced position
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Calm, skilled control of a team or company in difficult times
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Archaic
An idea that the universe stays the same overall because new matter is made as galaxies move apart
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
To steady something comes from the same root stead 'place' and the old idea of making something stand in its place, so to steady your hands or a ladder is to make them stable and stop them from moving or shaking.