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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
owl
crow
piranha
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Words related to steady

pursue, cultivate, solicit, sue, invite, seek, please, entice, praise, woo, charm, propose, attract, see, rush, court, beg, importune, entreat, spoon

Words nearby steady

ste.-thérèse, stead, steadfast, steadicam, steading, steady, steady as a rock, steady state, steady state theory, steady state universe, steady-going

Idioms for steady

    go steady, Informal. to date one person exclusively: Her father didn't approve of her going steady at such an early age.

Origin of steady

1520–30; 1905–10 for def 12; stead + -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM steady

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British Dictionary definitions for go steady

Derived forms of steady

steadier, nounsteadily, adverbsteadiness, noun

Word Origin for steady

C16: from stead + -y 1; related to Old High German stātīg, Middle Dutch stēdig
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Idioms and Phrases with go steady (1 of 2)

go steady

Date one person exclusively, as in Parents often don't approve of their children's decision to go steady. This usage may be obsolescent. [Slang; c. 1900] Also see go together, def. 2; go with, def. 1.

Idioms and Phrases with go steady (2 of 2)

steady
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