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Stay

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Noun

1. stay

continuing or remaining in a place or state

Example Sentences:
'they had a nice stay in Paris'
'a lengthy hospital stay'
'a four-month stay in bankruptcy court'

2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

the state of inactivity following an interruption

Example Sentences:
'the negotiations were in arrest'
'held them in check'
'during the halt he got some lunch'
'the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow'
'he spent the entire stop in his seat'

3. stay

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

Example Sentences:
'the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court'

4. stay

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

5. stay

(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

Verb

6. remain, rest, stay

stay the same; remain in a certain state

Example Sentences:
'The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it'
'rest assured'
'stay alone'
'He remained unmoved by her tears'
'The bad weather continued for another week'

7. stay, stay put, stick, stick around

stay put (in a certain place)

Example Sentences:
'We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati'
'Stay put in the corner here!'
'Stick around and you will learn something!'

8. abide, bide, stay

dwell

Example Sentences:
'You can stay with me while you are in town'
'stay a bit longer--the day is still young'

9. continue, remain, stay, stay on

continue in a place, position, or situation

Example Sentences:
'After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser'
'Stay with me, please'
'despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year'
'She continued as deputy mayor for another year'

10. stay

remain behind

Example Sentences:
'I had to stay at home and watch the children'

11. delay, detain, stay

stop or halt

Example Sentences:
'Please stay the bloodshed!'

12. persist, remain, stay

stay behind

Example Sentences:
'The smell stayed in the room'
'The hostility remained long after they made up'

13. last out, outride, ride out, stay

hang on during a trial of endurance

Example Sentences:
'ride out the storm'

14. stay

stop a judicial process

Example Sentences:
'The judge stayed the execution order'

15. stay

fasten with stays

16. appease, quell, stay

overcome or allay

Example Sentences:
'quell my hunger'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stay

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verb
1. (intransitive)
to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc
to stay outside
2. (copula)
to continue to be; remain
to stay awake
3. (intransitive; often foll by at)
to reside temporarily, esp as a guest
to stay at a hotel
4. (transitive)
to remain for a specified period
to stay the weekend
5. (intransitive) Scottish and South Africa
to reside permanently or habitually; live
6. archaic
to stop or cause to stop
7. (intransitive)
to wait, pause, or tarry
8. (transitive)
to delay or hinder
9. (transitive)
a. 
to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding)
b. 
to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc)
10. 
to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race)
a horse that stays the course
11. (intransitive; ; usually foll by with)
to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc)
12. (intransitive) poker
to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round
13. (transitive)
to hold back or restrain
to stay one's anger
14. (transitive)
to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily
15. (transitive) archaic
to quell or suppress
16. (intransitive) archaic
to stand firm
17.  stay put
noun
18. 
the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays
19. 
the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc
20. 
the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc
stay of execution
noun
1. 
anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress
2. 
a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etc
verb (transitive) archaic
3. (often foll by up)
to prop or hold
4. (often foll by up)
to comfort or sustain
5. (foll by on or upon)
to cause to rely or depend
noun
a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Stay

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verb intransitiveWord forms: stayed or ˈstaying
1. 
to continue in the place or condition specified; remain; keep
to stay at home, to stay healthy
2. 
to live, dwell, or reside, esp. temporarily (for the time specified)
3. 
to stand still; stop; halt
4. 
to pause; tarry; wait; delay
5.  Informal
to continue or endure; last
to stay with a project
6.  Informal
to keep up (with another contestant in a race, etc.)
7.  Archaic
to cease doing something
8.  Archaic
to make a stand
9.  US, Poker
to remain in a hand by meeting the bet or raise
verb transitive
10. 
to stop, halt, or check
11. 
to hinder, impede, restrain, or detain
12. 
to postpone or delay (legal action or proceedings)
13.  Rare
to quell or allay (strife, etc.)
14. 
to satisfy or appease for a time the pangs or cravings of (thirst, appetite, etc.)
15. 
a. 
to remain through or during
often with out
to stay the week (out)
b. 
to be able to last through
to stay the distance in a long race
16.  Archaic
to await
noun
17. 
a. 
a stopping or being stopped
b. 
a stop, halt, check, or pause
18. 
a postponement or delay in legal action or proceedings
a stay of execution
19. 
a. 
the action of remaining or continuing in a place for a time
b. 
time spent in a place
a long stay in the hospital
20.  Informal
ability to continue or endure
noun
1. 
anything used as a support, or prop
2. 
a strip of stiffening material used in a corset, the collar of a shirt, etc.
3.  [pl.] Chiefly British
a corset stiffened as with whalebone
verb transitive
4. 
to support, or prop up
5. 
to strengthen, comfort, or sustain in mind or spirit
6. 
to cause (something) to rest on, upon, or in for support
noun
1. 
a heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support, as for a mast of a ship; guy
verb transitive
2. 
to brace or support with a stay or stays

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stay

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v. stayed, stay·ing, stays
v.intr.
1.
a. To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.
b. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel.
c. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something: We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game.
2.
a. To continue or persist in an action or activity: stayed with the original plan; stayed in college.
b. To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.
3. Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.
4. Archaic To stop moving or stop doing something.
v.tr.
1. To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.
2.
a. To stop or restrain; check: Doubt stayed his hand.
b. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings: stay a prisoner's execution.
3. To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger.
4. Archaic To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; / Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare).
n.
1. A brief period of residence or visiting.
2. Law
a. The order by which a planned action is stayed.
b. The consequence of such an order.
3. Archaic
a. The act of halting; check.
b. The act of coming to a halt.
tr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays
To brace, support, or prop up: The tower is stayed with cables.
n.
1. A support or brace.
2. A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.
3. stays A corset.
n.
1. Nautical A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.
2. A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.
tr. & intr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays
Nautical
To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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