stay
Definitions
- A prop; a support.
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
- A surname.
- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide
- A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
- 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.
- To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed.
- To continue to have a particular quality
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
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A corset. in-plural
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
- To remain in a fixed or established position.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady
- A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
- A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
- To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years.
- To stop or delay something. To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder. To restrain; withhold; check; stop. To cause to cease; to put an end to. To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- To brace, support, or prop up: The tower is stayed with cables.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
- To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.
- Hindrance; let; check.
- stay put, to remain in the same position or place.
- in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about.
- To persevere in some condition, action, or belief:keep, maintain, retain.
- A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:brace, buttress, crutch, prop, shore, support, underpinning.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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Danskblive
فارسیماندن
Suomiankkurointipaikkaesteharusjäädäkäyntilykätälykkäysmalttinaulaoleiluoleskeluoloaikapysähdyspysyäpysyvyysrajoiterajoitusstaagitukitukipylväsvahvikevakausvierailuviipyä
Gaeilgefán
עבריתנשאר
Հայերենմնալ
Қазақ тіліқалу
Кыргызчакалуу
ລາວຢູ່
Latviešupalikt
Bahasa Melayutinggal
မြန်မာနေ
සිංහලපොරොත්තුව
Slovenčinazostať
Slovenščinaostati
Kiswahilikukaa
Тоҷикӣмондан
Tagalogmanatili
ئۇيغۇرچەتۇرماق
اردورہنا
O'zbekchaqolmoq
Tiếng Việto
Examples
“I hope⟳ you enjoyed your stay⟳ in Hawaii.”
“The governor granted a stay⟳ of execution.”
“Later that day, however, Judge⟳ O'Kelley signed a stay⟳ of execution when Mr. Potts authorized other attorneys to renew his appeals.”
“Just before the deadline Donald Kowalski's attorney, Jack Fena, was able to obtain⟳ a stay⟳ in order⟳ to give⟳ him time to file⟳ a motion to overturn the testing order⟳.”
“An appellate judge⟳ temporarily stayed the monitor’s work⟳ until a three-judge federal appeals panel can decide⟳ whether the stay⟳ should be kept in place⟳ longer while Apple undertakes a full challenge⟳ to the appointment of a monitor⟳.”
“stand⟳ at a stay⟳”
“Made of ſphear-metal, never to decay / Untill his revolution was at ſtay.”
“Affaires of state […] seemed rather to stand⟳ at a stay⟳.”
“The wisdom, stay⟳, and moderation of the king.”
“Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays.”
“With prudent stay⟳ he long deferred / The rough contention.”
“They were able to read⟳ good authors without any stay⟳, if the book were not false.”
“My onely strength and stay⟳.”
“The trees themselves serve⟳, at the same time, as so many stays for their Vines”
“April 27, 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk⟳ Lord Liverpool is the single stay⟳ of this ministry.”
“Even when the deceptive mask was torn away, and the broken-hearted parent, beholding the accursed fact, that his darling son, the fancied stay⟳ of his declining age, was enlisted against him in his brother's horrible revolt, cursed them both and died, not even then did one compunctuous visiting touch⟳ his callous heart.”
“Where are the stays for my collar?”
“Her figure⟳ was tall, yet not too tall; comely and well-developed, yet not fat; her head set⟳ on her shoulders with an easy, pliant firmness; her waist, perfection in the eyes of a man, for it occupied its natural place⟳, it filled out its natural circle, it was visibly and delightfully undeformed by stays.”
“When Jenny's stays are newly laced.”
“The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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