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stay

English

🔊 continuing or remaining in a place or state
“they had a nice stay in Paris”
🔊 (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”
🔊 the state of inactivity following an interruption
“the negotiations were in arrest”
🔊 stay the same
“The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”
🔊 stop or halt
“Please stay the bloodshed!”
🔊 fasten with stays
🔊 stay put (in a certain place)
“We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati”
🔊 remain behind
“I had to stay at home and watch the children”
🔊 stop a judicial process
“The judge stayed the execution order”
🔊 continue in a place, position, or situation
“After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”
🔊 overcome or allay
“quell my hunger”
🔊 hang on during a trial of endurance
“ride out the storm”
🔊 dwell
“You can stay with me while you are in town”
🔊 stay behind
“The smell stayed in the room”