Meaning of stay | Babel Free

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1. To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed.
2. To remain in a fixed or established position.
3. To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.
4. To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years.
5. To brace, support, or prop up: The tower is stayed with cables.
6. To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.
7. stay put, to remain in the same position or place.
8. in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about.
9. To persevere in some condition, action, or belief:keep, maintain, retain.
10. A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:brace, buttress, crutch, prop, shore, support, underpinning.

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