homesteading

as inemigration
as inimmigration
as infarming
as infarm

Synonyms for homesteading

noun migration

Antonyms for homesteading

farming

noun. producing crops, raising animals

Word Origin & History

Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.

Example Sentences for homesteading

Abandoned realestate was declared forfeit and opened to homesteading.

And now they are homesteading, trying to get hold of land as fast as they can.

We want to see how it will really seem to be homesteading all alone.

Nothing strikes my fancy so much as homesteading—which I think you meant.

By homesteading, or purchasing from railway or land companies.

Don't try to keep him at home if homesteading looks good to him.

But homesteading failed to supply more than their immediate needs.

You're the young ladies who are homesteading just south of here, aren't you?

Knowing that happiness is ahead of us, oh, homesteading then will be only a lark!

Then Mary begged to know something about homesteading, and Jean told of how she had come to Wyoming.

homesteading

Synonyms for homesteading

Antonyms for homesteading

More words related to homesteading

emigration

farming

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