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Definitions for Stays

[1] to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
[2] to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean.
[3] to hold out or endure, as in a contest or task (followed by with or at ): Please stay with the project as long as you can.
[4] to keep up, as with a competitor (followed by with ).
[5] Poker . to continue in a hand by matching an ante, bet, or raise.
[6] to stop or halt.
[7] to pause or wait, as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing; linger or tarry.
[8] Archaic . to cease or desist.
[9] Archaic . to stand firm.
[10] to stop or halt.
[11] to hold back, detain, or restrain, as from going further.
[12] to suspend or delay (actions, proceedings, etc.).
[13] to appease or satisfy temporarily the cravings of (the stomach, appetite, etc.).
[14] to remain through or during (a period of time): We stayed two days in San Francisco.
[15] to remain to the end of; remain beyond (usually followed by out ).
[16] Archaic . to await.
[17] the act of stopping or being stopped.
[18] a stop, halt, or pause; a standstill.
[19] a sojourn or temporary residence: a week's stay in Miami.
[20] Law . a stoppage or arrest of action; suspension of a judicial proceeding: The governor granted a stay of execution.
[21] Informal . staying power; endurance.
[22] stay the course , to persevere; endure to completion.
[23] something used to support or steady a thing; prop; brace.
[24] a flat strip of steel, plastic, etc., used especially for stiffening corsets, collars, etc.
[25] a long rod running between opposite walls, heads or sides of a furnace, boiler, tank, or the like, to strengthen them against internal pressures.
[26] stays, Chiefly British . a corset.
[27] to support, prop, or hold up (sometimes followed by up ).
[28] to sustain or strengthen mentally or spiritually.
[29] to rest on (something, as a foundation or base) for support.
[30] to cause something to become fixed or to rest on (a support, foundation, base, etc.)
[31] any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc.
[32] to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast.
[33] to put (a ship) on the other tack.
[34] (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
[35] rare corsets with bones in them
[36] a position of a sailing vessel relative to the wind so that the sails are luffing or aback Compare irons (def. 2)
[37] miss stays or refuse stays (of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about
[38] (intr) to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc to stay outside
[39] (copula) to continue to be; remain to stay awake
[40] (intr often foll by at ) to reside temporarily, esp as a guest to stay at a hotel
[41] (tr) to remain for a specified period to stay the weekend
[42] (intr) Scot and Southern African to reside permanently or habitually; live
[43] archaic to stop or cause to stop
[44] (intr) to wait, pause, or tarry
[45] (tr) to delay or hinder
[46] (tr) to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding) to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc)
[47] to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race) a horse that stays the course
[48] (intr ; usually foll by with ) to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc)
[49] (intr) poker to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round
[50] (tr) to hold back or restrain to stay one's anger
[51] (tr) to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily
[52] (tr) archaic to quell or suppress
[53] (intr) archaic to stand firm
[54] stay put See put (def. 18)
[55] the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays
[56] the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc
[57] the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc stay of execution
[58] anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress
[59] a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etc
[60] (often foll by up) to prop or hold
[61] (often foll by up) to comfort or sustain
[62] (foll by on or upon ) to cause to rely or depend
[63] a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy See also stays (def. 2), stays (def. 3)

Words related to Stays

stayholiday, vacation, stopover, sojourn, reprieve, suspension, pause, postponement, reside, settle, last, linger, hang, stop, delay, remain, continue, stand, live, suspend

Words nearby Stays

tave off, staves, stavesacre, stavropol, staw, stay, stay out, stay over, stay put, stay stitching, stay the course

Origin of Stays

3before 1150; Middle English stey(e ), Old English stæg; cognate with German Stag

Word origin for Stays

Old English stæg ; related to Old Norse stag , Middle Low German stach , Norwegian stagle wooden post

Synonyms for Stays

holiday, sojourn, stopover, vacation, break, halt, stop