Definition of stay Stay
/stejˈ/ - [stey] - stay
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WordNet
NounPlural: stays |
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| stay - continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" | ||
| human action, human activity, deed, act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" | ||
| sojourn, visit a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | ||
| stay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" | ||
| decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| stay - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar | ||
| bracing, brace a structural member used to stiffen a framework | ||
| seafaring, navigation, sailing the work of a sailor | ||
| backstay a stay that supports the back of something | ||
| stay - a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) | ||
| strip, slip a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" | ||
| stay - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "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" | ||
| arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage | ||
| inaction, inactiveness, inactivity the state of being inactive | ||
| countercheck something that checks the correctness of a previous check | ||
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| stay - stay the same; remain in a certain state; "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" | ||
| remain, rest | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| keep out remain outside | ||
| sit tight maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight" | ||
| stay together, stick together be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble; "The two families stuck together throughout the war" | ||
| stand have or maintain a position or stand on an issue; "Where do you stand on the War?" | ||
| stay fresh, keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| stay - continue in a place, position, or situation; "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" | ||
| stay on, continue, remain | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| bide, abide, stay dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" | ||
| hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him" | ||
| stay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" | ||
| detain, delay | ||
| delay, retard, check cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" | ||
| stay - stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" | ||
| stick, stick around, stay put | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| stay in place be stationary | ||
| stay - fasten with stays | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| stay - stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order" | ||
| kibosh, halt, stop, block cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
| stay - remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children" | ||
| take leave, quit, depart go away or leave | ||
| stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" | ||
| bide, abide | ||
| stay on, remain, continue, stay be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" | ||
| archaicism, archaism the use of an archaic expression | ||
| visit assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly" | ||
| overstay, outstay stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" | ||
| stay - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" | ||
| persist, remain | ||
| stick saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" | ||
| linger take one's time; proceed slowly | ||
| stay - hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" | ||
| last out, ride out, outride | ||
| outstay surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors" | ||
| stay - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" | ||
| quell, appease | ||
| fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, fill, meet make happy or satisfied | ||
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Wiktionary 
- stay (Noun)
A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel. - stay (Noun)
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element. - stay (Noun)
The transverse piece in a link. - stay (Noun)
A prop; a support. - stay (Noun)
A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on. - stay (Noun)
That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint. - stay (Noun)
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress. - stay (Noun)
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment. - stay (Noun)
A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress. - stay (Noun)
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence. - stay (Noun)
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn. - stay (Noun)
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels. - stay (Noun)
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. - stay (Noun)
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. - stay (Noun)
Hindrance; let; check. - stay (Noun)
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. - stay (Verb)
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. - stay (Verb)
To tack; put on the other tack. - stay (Verb)
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship. - stay (Verb)
To prop; support; sustain; hold up ; steady. - stay (Verb)
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder. - stay (Verb)
To restrain; withhold; check; stop. - stay (Verb)
To put off ; defer; postpone; delay; keep back. - stay (Verb)
To hold the attention of. - stay (Verb)
To bear; brook; undergo; abide; stand; hold out through or during. - stay (Verb)
To wait for; await. - stay (Verb)
To rest; depend; rely. - stay (Verb)
To stop; come to a stand or standstill. - stay (Verb)
To come to an end ; cease; blin. - stay (Verb)
To delay; linger; tarry; wait. - stay (Verb)
To make a stand; stand. - stay (Verb)
To hold out , as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end. - stay (Verb)
To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide. - stay (Verb)
To wait; rest in patience or expectation. - stay (Verb)
To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance. - stay (Verb)
To continue to have a particular quality. - stay (Adverb)
Steeply. - stay (Adjective)
Steep; ascending. - stay (Adjective)
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer. - stay (Adjective)
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- stay (n.)
A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship. - stay (v. i.)
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support. - stay (v. i.)
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time. - stay (v. i.)
To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully. - stay (v. i.)
To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold. - stay (v. i.)
To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back. - stay (v. i.)
To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. - stay (v. i.)
To cause to cease; to put an end to. - stay (v. i.)
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler. - stay (v. i.)
To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind. - stay (v. i.)
To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still. - stay (v. i.)
To continue in a state. - stay (v. i.)
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act. - stay (v. i.)
To dwell; to tarry; to linger. - stay (v. i.)
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist. - stay (v. i.)
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed. - stay (v. i.)
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well. - stay (v. i.)
To change tack; as a ship. - stay (n.)
That which serves as a prop; a support. - stay (n.)
A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men. - stay (n.)
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city. - stay (n.)
Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop. - stay (n.)
Hindrance; let; check. - stay (n.)
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. - stay (n.)
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To continue to be in the same place or state. -
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To stay the same; to remain in a certain state. -
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A period of time spent in a place. -
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Something that supports or steadies another thing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stā, v.i. to remain: to abide for any time: to continue in a state: to wait: to cease acting: to dwell: to trust.—v.t. to cause to stand: to stop: to restrain: to delay: to prevent from falling: to prop: to support, rest, rely:—pa.t. and pa.p. stayed, staid.—n. continuance in a place: abode for a time: stand: stop: a fixed state: a standstill: suspension of a legal proceeding: prop, support: (pl.) a kind of stiff inner waistcoat worn by women.—ns. Stay′-at-home, one who keeps much at home—also adj.; Stay′-bolt, a bolt or rod binding together opposite plates; Stay′er, one who, or that which, stops, holds, or supports: a person or animal of good lasting or staying qualities for a race, &c.; Stay′-lace, a lace for fastening a bodice; Stay′-mā′ker, one whose occupation is to make stays.—Stay the stomach, to allay the cravings of hunger for the time. [O. Fr. estayer, estaye—Old Dut. stade, a stay.] -
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stā, n. a large strong rope running from the head of one mast to another mast ('fore-and-aft' stay), or to the side of the ship ('back'-stay): the transverse piece in a chain-cable link.—v.t. to support or to incline to one side by means of stays: to put on the other tack, to cause to go about.—v.i. to change tack, to go about, to be in stays.—ns. Stay′sail, a sail extended on a stay; Stay′-tack′le, a large hoisting tackle fixed by a pendant to the mainstay of a ship.—Miss stays (see Miss). [A.S. stæg; Dut. stag, Ger. stag.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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(etai, Fr.) a large strong rope employed to support the mast on the fore part, by extending from its upper end towards the fore part of the ship, as the shrouds are extended to the right and left, and behind it. See MAST, RIGGING, and SHROUD.The stay of the fore-mast a, fig. 10. plate IX. which is called the fore-stay, reaches from the mast-head towards the bowsprit-end: the main-stay b, extends over the fore-castle to the ship’s stem; and the mizen-stay c, is stretched down to that part of the main-mast which lies immediately above the quarter-deck: the fore-top-mast-stay d, comes also to the end of the bowsprit, a little beyond the fore-stay: the main-top-mast-stay e, is attached to the head or hounds of the fore-mast; and the mizen-top-mast-stay comes also to the hounds of the main-mast: the fore-top-gallant-stay comes to the outer end of the jib-boom; and the main-top-gallant-stay is extended to the head of the fore-top-mast.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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A large strong rope extending from the upper end of each mast towards the stem of the ship, as the shrouds are extended on each side. The object of both is to prevent the masts from springing, when the ship is pitching deep. Thus stays are fore and aft; those which are led down to the vessel's side are backstays.--The fore-stay is that which reaches from the foremast-head towards the bowsprit end.--The main-stay is that which extends to the ship's stem.--The mizen-stay is that which is stretched to a collar on the main-mast, immediately above the quarter-deck.--The fore-topmast stay is that which comes to the end of the bowsprit, a little beyond the fore-stay, on which the fore-topmast staysail runs on hanks.--The main-topmast stay is attached to the hounds of the fore-mast, or comes on deck.--The mizen-topmast stay is that which comes to the hounds of the main-mast. The top-gallant, royal, or any other masts, have each a stay, named after their respective masts.--Spring-stay is a kind of substitute nearly parallel to the principal stay, and intended to help the principal stay to support its mast.--Stay of a steamer. An iron bar between the two knees which secure the paddle-beams. (See FUNNEL-STAYS.)--To stay. To tack, to bring the ship's head up to the wind for going about; hence to miss stays, is to fail in the attempt to go about.--In stays, or hove in stays, is the situation of a vessel when she is staying, or in the act of going about; a vessel in bad trim, or lubberly handled, is sure to be slack in stays, and refuses stays, when she has to wear.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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stay
A cuckold.
