steady

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Firm in position or place; fixed.
2. adj. Direct and unfaltering; sure.
3. adj. Free or almost free from change, variation, or fluctuation; uniform: a steady increase in value; a steady breeze.
4. adj. Not easily excited or upset: steady nerves.
5. adj. Unwavering, as in purpose; steadfast.
6. adj. Reliable; dependable.
7. adj. Temperate; sober.
8. v. To make or become steady.
9. interj. Nautical Used to direct a helmsman to keep a ship's head in the same direction: Steady as she goes!
10. n. The person whom one dates regularly, usually exclusively.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Firmly fixed in place or position; unmoved.
2. Firm or unfaltering in action; resolute: as, a steady stroke; a steady purpose.
3. In this sense much used elliptically in command, for‘keep’ or’ hold steady’: Nautical, an order to the helmsman to keep the ship straight on her course.
4. In hunting, an order to a dog to be wary and careful.
5. Free from irregularity or unevenness, or from tendency to irregular motion; regular; constant; undeviating; uniform: as, steady motion; a steady light; a steady course; a steady breeze; a steady gait.
6. Constant in mind, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to relinquish a purpose: as, to be steady in the pursuit of an object; steady conduct.
7. Hence Sober; industrious; persevering: as, a steady workman.
8. n. In machinery, some device for steadying or holding a piece of work. Specifically, in button-manuf., a hand-support for a button-blank, upon which, used in conjunction with another implement called a grip, the blank is held between the alined rotating spindles carrying cutters for shaping it into the required form.
9. n. In stone-cutting, a support for blocking up a stone to be dressed, cut, or broken.
10. n. Same as stadda.
11. To make steady; hold or keep from shaking, staggering, swaying, reeling, or falling; support; make or keep firm: as, to steady the hand.
12. Hence To make regular and persevering in character and conduct: as, trouble and disappointment had steadied him.
13. To become steady; regain or maintain an upright or stable position or condition; move steadily.
14. n. A dialectal form of stithy.
15. n. A young man who is the ‘steady company’ of a young woman; also, the young woman in the same relation to the young man.

Wiktionary

1. adj. smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
2. adj. regular and even
3. adj. slow
4. v. To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
2. adj. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
3. adj. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform.
4. v. To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
5. v. To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
2. adv. in a steady manner
3. adj. not easily excited or upset
4. adj. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
5. adj. not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
6. adj. relating to a person who does something regularly
7. v. make steady
8. v. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
9. adj. securely in position; not shaky
10. n. a person loved by another person