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Stay   /steɪ/   Listen
Stay

verb
(past & past part. stayed or staid; pres. part. staying)
1.
Stay the same; remain in a certain state.  Synonyms: remain, rest.  "Rest assured" , "Stay alone" , "He remained unmoved by her tears" , "The bad weather continued for another week"
2.
Stay put (in a certain place).  Synonyms: stay put, stick, stick around.  "Stay put in the corner here!" , "Stick around and you will learn something!"
3.
Dwell.  Synonyms: abide, bide.  "Stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
4.
Continue in a place, position, or situation.  Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on.  "Stay with me, please" , "Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" , "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
5.
Remain behind.
6.
Stop or halt.  Synonyms: delay, detain.
7.
Stay behind.  Synonyms: persist, remain.  "The hostility remained long after they made up"
8.
Hang on during a trial of endurance.  Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out.
9.
Stop a judicial process.
10.
Fasten with stays.
11.
Overcome or allay.  Synonyms: appease, quell.
noun
1.
Continuing or remaining in a place or state.  "A lengthy hospital stay" , "A four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
2.
The state of inactivity following an interruption.  Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage.  "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.
A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.
4.
A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset).
5.
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar.



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"Stay" Quotes from Famous Books



... on posts, and their current money is Dutch coins and Spanish dollars. On the 7th our pinnace returned with Mr Vanburgh and all our people, having parted from his majesty on friendly terms, but could not procure a pilot. We resolved, however, not to stay any longer, but to trust to Providence for our future preservation: wherefore we began to unmoor our ships, and dismissed our ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr
... intend to stay for lunch," said Phyllis, "but your overpowering will swept me along with it, Ella. But I hope you will let me say that I don't think you should jest about what is—what some people at ...
— Phyllis of Philistia • Frank Frankfort Moore
... thou broughtest me thy light When restless sleep had gone away; At other times more blessed night Stole over, and prolonged thy stay. ...
— Imaginary Conversations and Poems - A Selection • Walter Savage Landor
... should I live? Do you think I get fat on this inn? But people stay here from all towns around; I get to know a great circle of marriageable parties. I can show you a much larger stock ...
— Ghetto Comedies • Israel Zangwill
... she charming? I am going up to stay with her as soon as the Easter holidays are over; we shall ...
— Belles and Ringers • Hawley Smart


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