Stay Meaning and Definition

Word: Stay

How to pronounce: steɪ

Verb

Definitions:

1. Remain in the same place.

Example sentences: "You stay here and I'll be back soon"

2. Remain in a specified state or position.

Example sentences: "Her ability to stay calm"

3. (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Example sentences: "The girls had gone to stay with friends"

4. Stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges).

Example sentences: "Does the English Court have Jurisdiction to stay the Part 20 Proceedings?"

5. Support or prop up.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.

Example sentences: "An overnight stay at a luxury hotel"

2. A curb or check.

3. A device used as a brace or support.

4. Power of endurance.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to the deck.

Example sentences: "A few minutes later I was shinning up the mast to whip a flag halyard to the stays."

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.

Synonyms:

remain

be left

stay behind

continue

stay on

leave

ride out

linger

tarry

stop

halt

stand still

pull up

leave off

cease

sojourn

be

sit

dwell

reside

live

visit

abide

carry

still

stand

persist

sustain

delay

rest

stay put

support

prop

detain

stall

stick

await

bide

stoppage

termination

shutdown

closure

end

check

mount

uphold

Antonyms:

leave

depart

give up

abandon

twist

Derivations:

staying

stayed

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Stay in Other Languages...

Spanish: Estancia

German: Aufenthalt

French: Séjour

Italian: Soggiorno

Turkish: Kalma