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      stay
      noun
      Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
      (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
      A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
      (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
      Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
      A prop; a support.
      A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
      (in the plural) A corset.
      (nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
      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.
      The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
      A surname.
      (archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
      (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
      (archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
      verb
      (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
      (intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
      (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
      (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
      (transitive) 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.
      (transitive) To hold the attention of.
      (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
      (intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Singapore, colloquial) To live; reside.
      To brace or support with a stay or stays
      (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
      (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
      (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
      (intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm.
      (transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
      (transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await.
      (transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
      (intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
      (intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease.
      (intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
      (intransitive, obsolete, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
      adjective
      (UK dialectal) Steep; ascending.
      (UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
      (UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
      (UK dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
      adverb
      (UK dialectal) Steeply.
      Roots
      stostay- · Latin · stand
      Synonyms for stay
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      Words related to stay
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