stay

Meaning

Verb

1. To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
2. To continue to have a particular quality.
3. To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
4. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
5. To stop or delay something.
6. To stop or delay something.
7. To stop or delay something.
8. To stop or delay something.
9. To hold the attention of.
10. (obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
11. (obsolete) To wait for; await.
12. (obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
13. (obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.
14. (obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
15. To come to an end; cease.
16. To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
17. To make a stand; to stand firm.
18. To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
19. (obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
20. (obsolete) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
21. (colloquial) To live; reside

Noun

1. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
2. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
3. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
4. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
5. A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
6. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
7. (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.

Noun

1. A prop; a support.
2. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
3. A corset.
4. A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

Noun

1. A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
2. 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.
3. The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

Adj

1. Steep; ascending.
2. (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
3. Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
4. Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

Adv

Steeply.

Concepts

stay

remain

live

abide

stop

reside

dwell

prop

keep

sojourn

support

sit

rest

wait

stand

be

halt

exist

lodge

residence

delay

linger

detain

stay over

tarry

visit

postpone

bide

abode

stay put

hold

inhabit

check

persist

continue

stay on

stoppage

be located

hold over

go

endure

stick

stick around

arrest

put up

put off

stall

residency

brace

beat

staying

come

cease

lodge for a night

pass the night

put up for the night

spend the night

stay overnight

pause

be situated

sojorn

vacation

hold up

continuance

remaining

bear

appease

quell

last out

outride

ride out

hitch

crutch

kill

encamp

stagnate

be left

be sitting

sit down

procrastinate

prorogue

respite

set back

resist

place

lie down

was

rein

rein in

deferment

postponement

reprieve

cut

switch off

turn off

turn out

assuage

left over

put

are

in some place

position

stay away

guy

at

nullify

repeal

revoke

put an end to

anchorage

night duty

stopover

take a vacation

rigging

stand still

anchor

cramp

tie

break

dwell in

9

pillar

abiding

living

standing

take up one’s residence

suffer patiently

tolerate

quarter

fix

prevent

hinder

tack

dependence

protection

buttress

ramain

sitting

have

live one’s life

stand upright

standstill

adjourn

cancel

defer

hold out

wear

withstand

domicile

abidance

eve

abutment

bearer

bearing

cleat

foothold

purchase

stanchion

stays

deadlock

parking

balk

belay

cheese

give over

hang on

knock off

quit

trig

waste

backguy

bracing

drawber

lashing strip

tieback

bar stay

brace rod

brace strut

force piece

jackstay

overarm support

stay-pole

straight pole brace

bar

stationary

shore

ive

whoa

stop by

cause to remain

be lodged

perch

remain in a place

hesitate

stopping

occurrence

presence

remain behind

accomodated

attendance

call

give birth

bate

catch

chasten

choke off

contain

control

curb

damp

harness

moderate

restrain

squelch

stifle

obtund

scoinson arch

sconcheon arch

retard

shove

suspend

adjournment

deferral

extension

moratorium

procrastination

stay at

vegetate

bring up

cut off

draw up

flag down

head off

intercept

pull

pull up

still

thwart

interception

adhere

follow

stay in place

stick to

stick with

hover

put out

dampen

douse

extinguish

quench

slake

snuff out

stub

allay

content

feed

gratify

sate

satiate

satisfy

suffice

dwell on

linger over

expect

room

be present

come around

move about

walk around

temporary residence

lodging

take root

imprisonment

retained

spend time

settle in

remained

give up

left behind

put down

quiet

silenced

sleep

stay behind

overstay

remission

lock up

condense

confine

enclose

oppress

pinch

put away

rack

shake hands

shut up

squash

squeeze

stow

strain

strech

stress

tense

tighten

wind up

lean

arise

awake

sit up

uprise

wake up

get

await

stop at

spend

extend

raise

a guest

strut

agree

consist

keep on

descend

occupy

situation

pitch

send

preserve

leave behind

left

dwelling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/steɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English steyen, staien, from Old French estayer, estaier (“to fix, prop up, support, stay”), from estaye, estaie (“a prop, stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade (“a prop, stay, help, aid”) (compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stadi (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing”). Influenced by Old English stæġ ("a stay, rope"; see below). Cognate with Old English stede, stæde (“a place, spot, locality, fixed position, station, site, standing, status, position of a moving body, stopping, standing still, stability, fixity, firmness, steadfastness”), Swedish stödja (“to prop, support, brace, hold up, bolster”), Icelandic stöðug (“continuous, stable”). More at stead, steady.
Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from Old French ester, esteir (“to stand, be, continue, remain”), from Latin stāre (“stand”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical grounds.
An alternative etymology derives Old French estaye, estaie, from Frankish *stakā, *stakō (“stake, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake, bar, stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“rod, pole, stick”), making it cognate with Old English staca (“pin, stake”), Old English stician (“to stick, be placed, lie, remain fixed”). Cognate with Albanian shtagë (“a long stick, a pole”). More at stake, stick.

Sentences

This time , however , their top flight stay lasted only one season .