<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.</li><li>any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home.</li><li>a tract of land acquired under the Homestead Act.</li><li>a house in an urban area acquired under a homesteading program.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to acquire or settle on (land) as a homestead: Pioneers homesteaded the valley.</li><li>(used without object) to acquire or settle on a homestead: They homesteaded many years ago.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>