stays

stay ¹

 (stā)

v. stayed, stay·ing, stays

v.intr.

1.

a. To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.

b. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel.

c. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something: We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game.

2.

a. To continue or persist in an action or activity: stayed with the original plan; stayed in college.

b. To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.

3. Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.

4. Archaic To stop moving or stop doing something.

v.tr.

1. To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.

2.

a. To stop or restrain; check: Doubt stayed his hand.

b. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings: stay a prisoner's execution.

3. To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger.

4. Archaic To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; / Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare).

n.

1. A brief period of residence or visiting.

2. Law

a. The order by which a planned action is stayed.

b. The consequence of such an order.

3. Archaic

a. The act of halting; check.

b. The act of coming to a halt.

Phrasal Verb:

stay up

To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed.

Idioms:

stay put

To remain in a fixed or established position.

stay the course

To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.

stay with (one)

To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years.

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[Middle English steien, from Old French ester, esteir, from Latin stāre; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: stay¹, linger, remain, tarry¹, wait
These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place: stayed in bed until noon; lingered at the mall for an entire afternoon; remained on the subway until the very last stop; tarried in the hallway until he was late for class; waited for the movie credits to end before she left the theater.

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stay ²

 (stā)

tr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays

To brace, support, or prop up: The tower is stayed with cables.

n.

1. A support or brace.

2. A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.

3. stays A corset.

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[Middle English staien, from Old French estaiier, from estaie, a support, of Germanic origin.]

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stay ³

 (stā)

n.

1. Nautical A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.

2. A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.

tr. & intr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays Nautical

To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.

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[Middle English, from Old English stæg.]

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stays

(steɪz)

pl n

(Clothing & Fashion) rare corsets with bones in them

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stays

(steɪz)

pl n

1. (Nautical Terms) a position of a sailing vessel relative to the wind so that the sails are luffing or aback. Compare irons²

2. (Nautical Terms) miss stays refuse stays (of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stays - a woman's close-fitting foundation garment corset, girdle foundation garment, foundation - a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body panty girdle - a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties

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Translations

• I hope the weather stays like this → أَتَـمَنِّي أَنْ يَظَلَ الَـجَوُّ عَلَى مَا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ → Doufám, že tohle počasí vydrží → Jeg håber, vejret fortsætter → Ich hoffe, das Wetter bleibt so → Ελπίζω να μην αλλάξει ο καιρός → Espero que siga haciendo este clima → Toivottavasti sää pysyy tällaisena → J'espère que le temps va se maintenir → Nadam se da će vrijeme ostati ovakvo → Spero che il tempo si mantenga così → 天気がこのまま続いてくれるといいですね → 날씨가 계속 이랬으면 좋겠어요 → Ik hoop dat het weer zo blijft → Jeg håper dette været fortsetter → Mam nadzieję, że pogoda się utrzyma → Eu espero que o tempo continue assim → Я надеюсь, погода не изменится → Jag hoppas att vädret håller i sig → ฉันหวังว่าอากาศยังคงเป็นเช่นนี้ → Umarım hava böyle kalır → Tôi hy vọng thời tiết sẽ vẫn như thế này → 我希望天气保持这样

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