Meaning

• A place, or spot, in general.

• A place where a person normally rests; a seat.

• An inhabited place; a settlement, city, town etc.

• An estate, a property with its grounds; a farm.

• The frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

• (in phrases) The position or function (of someone or something), as taken on by a successor.

• An emotional or circumstantial "place" having specified advantages, qualities etc. (now only in phrases).

Meaning

• To help, support, benefit or assist; to be helpful or noteful.

• To fill stead or place of.