stay
Other forms: stayed; staying; stays
To stay is to remain or wait in the same place. When you tell your dog to stay, you expect her to keep sitting until you call her over.
You can stay in the short term, like when you stay in your seat even though you're antsy, or in the long term, like when you decide to stay in Missouri after you graduate from college. You can also stay calm or stay out of trouble. Legally, to stay is to delay or suspend proceedings, like when a judge stays a decision. A less-common meaning of stay is "a support," from the Middle French estaie, "wood used as a support."
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continue in a place, position, or situation
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stay the same; remain in a certain state“stay alone”antonyms:changeundergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturetypes:keep outremain outsidesit tightmaintain the same position; wait it outstandremain inactive or immobilebeto remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive formtype of:behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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stay put (in a certain place)“We are staying in Detroit”“Stay put in the corner here!”synonyms: stay put, stick, stick aroundantonyms:movechange residence, affiliation, or place of employmenttype of:stay in placebe stationary
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dwell
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hang on during a trial of endurance
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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”types:night-stopa break in a journey for the nightpit stopa brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the carpit stopa stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshmentstanda stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performancetype of:
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remain behind“I had to stay at home and watch the children”antonyms:departgo away or leave
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stay behind
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stop or halt
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stop a judicial process
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the state of inactivity following an interruption“the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow”types:counterchecka check that restrains another checklogjamany stoppage attributable to unusual activitytype of:
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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”
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overcome or allay
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a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
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(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
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fasten with stays
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