stay
stay
steÉĒ
stei
/steÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stay"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remain in a particular place
Intransitive: to stay | to stay sometime | to stay somewhere
to stay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog is trained to stay in one spot until given a command to move.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to live somewhere for a short time, especially as a guest or visitor
Intransitive: to stay somewhere | to stay with sb
to stay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 'm staying at a friend's apartment while I'm in town for the conference.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āφāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to continue to be in a particular condition or state
Linking Verb: to stay in a specific manner | to stay [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The document needs to stay confidential until the official release.
āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to temporarily halt or postpone a legal action or judicial process
Transitive: to stay a legal process
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The defense filed a motion to stay the execution of the sentence.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻĻāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
4.1

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to stop or reduce the progression or worsening of a negative trend, condition, or situation
Transitive: to stay a trend or condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Stay your thoughts until you've heard the whole story.
āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϝāϤāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
4.2

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to calm or manage negative emotions or concerns
Transitive: to stay a negative state or emotion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soothing music helped stay her nervousness before the presentation.
āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
4.3

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide temporary relief from hunger
Transitive: to stay one's hunger
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A quick snack helped to stay the hunger until dinner.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to offer assistance or encouragement to someone in need
Transitive: to stay sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The community rallied to stay the family during their time of need.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide structural support to something to keep it upright or stable
Transitive: to stay a structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The braces were installed to stay the structure after the earthquake.
āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āϕ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
07

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stabilize or hold a mast in place using ropes, wires, or other supportive devices
Transitive: to stay a mast
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old ship 's mast was stayed with steel cables to prevent any movement.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ

a duration during which someone remains in a place
stay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her brief stay in Paris was filled with sightseeing and shopping.
āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

a pause or halt in action, often in a process or activity, before resuming
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stay in the production line caused significant delays in shipment.
āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ

something that counters something undesirable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new community center serves as a stay against youth delinquency in the area.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāωāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧁āĻŦ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ

a legal order that temporarily halts proceedings or actions
Specialized
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company obtained a stay, preventing the lawsuit from moving forward for now.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹

a thin, rigid strip made of material such as metal, plastic, or bone, used to reinforce parts of clothing, such as shirt collars or corsets, to maintain their shape
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt more comfortable after removing the stays from her dress.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻĒāϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
5.1

āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϏ⧇āϟ, āĻšā§‹āϞāĻŋ

a structured undergarment worn by women to shape and support the waist
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many women found comfort in a stay, even if they were considered restrictive.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡-āĻ āϏāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāύāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž, āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ

ability to withstand hardship
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The marathon required incredible physical and mental stay from all participants.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
07

āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

a rope or cable used on ships to keep masts or spars steady and secure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without the support of the main stay, the ship's mast would have collapsed in the high winds.
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤāĨ¤
7.1

āĻĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āϟāĻžāύ

a cable or rope used to support a vertical structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stay snapped, causing the pole to lean dangerously to one side.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āϜāύāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
7.2

āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āϤāĻžāϰ

a wire or cable that supports the structure of an aircraft
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pilot noticed a problem with the stay and reported it before takeoff.
āĻĒāĻžāχāϞāϟ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡-āĻ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āĻ…āĻĢ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‹, āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋

used to tell someone to stop for a moment, often in a poetic or dramatic way
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Stay, for I have not yet given you my answer.
āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύ⧋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāχāύāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

overstay
stayer
stay
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