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the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

fasten with stays

remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"

stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"

dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

fasten with stays

remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.

To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.

To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.

To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

To continue in a state.

To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.

To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.

To change tack; as a ship.

That which serves as a prop; a support.

A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.

Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.

Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Hindrance; let; check.

Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.

A large, strong rope, usually of wire, which supports a mast; a prop; abode or continuance in a place; as, he made a long stay in Paris; a stand or stop; as, a stay of judgment.

To hold up or support; to sustain; hold back; to put off for a time; to stiffen or steady, as a mast, by ropes.

To remain; as, to stay at home all day; abide for a time; as, to stay at a hotel; to stand still.

Stayer.

Stayed.

Staying.

The bar of the horse's hoof.

To cause to stand: to stop: to restrain: to delay: to prevent from falling: to prop: to support:-pa.t. and pa.p. staid, stayed.

Continuance in a place: abode for a time: stand: stop: a fixed state: (B.) a stand-still: prop: support: (naut.) a large strong rope running from the head of one mast to another mast ("fore-and-aft" stay), or to the side of the ship ("back"-stay):-pl. a kind of stiff inner waistcoat worn by women.

Continuance; stop; delay; prop; support; rope supporting the mast of a ship.

To remain; wait; cease acting; dwell.

To stop; restrain; delay; prop; support.

To stop; prop; post pone.

To remain; tarry; halt.

The act or time of staying.

That which checks or stops.

A prop; support.

A stiffened bodice; corsets. To miss stays, to fail in attempting to tack.

Continuance in a place; abode for a time; stand; stop; obstruction; fixed state; support; a large strong rope employed to support masts.

To stop; to restrain; to delay; to obstruct; to abide; to keep from departure; to prop; to support.

To remain; to continue in a place or a state; to wait; to stand still; to rest; to rely.

In a ship, a strong rope extended from the head of a mast down to some part of the vessel in order to give it support-the stays of a ship are distinguished by different names.

Continuance or abode in a place; a prop or support; in engin., a part in tension to hold parts together.

To delay; to obstruct; to keep from departure; to repress; to remain or continue in a place; to wait; to forbear to act; to stop; to stand still; to rely; to prop or hold up.

n. Continuance in a place; abode for a time; sojourn ;-cessation of motion or progression; stand ; stop. [French, Icelandic] That which serves as a prop or support ;-pl. A bodice ;-a corset ;-a large, strong rope employed to support a mast.