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    stay
    [stā]
    verb
    stay (verb) · stays (third person present) · stayed (past tense) · stayed (past participle) · staying (present participle)
    1. remain in the same place:
      "you stay here and I'll be back soon" · "Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child" · "he stayed with the firm as a consultant"
      • (stay for/to)
        delay leaving so as to join in (an activity):
        "why not stay for lunch?"
    2. remain in a specified state or position:
      "her ability to stay calm" · "tactics used to stay in power" · "I managed to stay out of trouble"
    3. (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest:
      "the girls had gone to stay with friends" · "Minton invited him to stay the night"
      • SCOTTISH ENGLISH
        SOUTH AFRICAN ENGLISH
        live permanently:
        "where do you stay?"
    4. stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges).
      • assuage (hunger) for a short time:
        "I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger"
      • literary
        curb; check:
        "he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism"
      • archaic
        wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak:
        "stay, stand apart, I know not which is which"
    5. literary
      support or prop up:
      "it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?"
    noun
    stay (noun) · stays (plural noun)
    1. a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest:
      "an overnight stay at a luxury hotel"
    2. literary
      a curb or check:
      "there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom"
      • law
        a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings:
        "a stay of prosecution"
    3. a device used as a brace or support.
      • historical
        (stays)
        a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
    4. archaic
      power of endurance:
      "some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’; in the sense ‘support’ (stay and stay), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin.
    stay
    [stā]
    noun
    stay (noun) · stays (plural noun)
    1. a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to the deck:
      "I eased off on the line while Patrick took up the tension on the side stays" · "the lack of stays to stiffen the masts leaves them with springiness"
      • a guy or rope supporting a flagpole or other upright pole.
      • a supporting wire or cable on an aircraft.
    verb
    stay (verb) · stays (third person present) · stayed (past tense) · stayed (past participle) · staying (present participle)
    1. secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays:
      "we stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard"
    Origin
    Old English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’.
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    verb
    1. remain in a specified state or position:
      Opposite:
    2. stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges).
      noun
      1. a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest:
      noun
      1. a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to the deck:
         
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