stay

Meaning

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

remain

live

be located

spend the night

be left

be sitting

be situated

turn off

in some place

stay overnight

lodge for a night

put up for the night

sojorn

pass the night

stay at

stay away

strech

a guest

dwell in

remain behind

stand upright

stop at

take up one’s residence

temporary residence

live one’s life

night duty

cause to remain

take a vacation

linger over

suffer patiently

scoinson arch

sconcheon arch

stay in place

brace strut

brace rod

overarm support

straight pole brace

be lodged

ramain

force piece

drawber

backguy

lashing strip

stay-pole

bar stay

remain in a place

accomodated

be present

dwell on

ive

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/steɪ/

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.