To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.
To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel.
To stop moving; halt.
To wait; pause.
To endure or persist: stayed with the original plan.
To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.
Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.
To stand one's ground; remain firm.
Archaic To cease from a specified activity.
v.
tr.
To stop or halt; check.
To postpone; delay.
To delay or stop the effect of (an order, for example) by legal action or mandate: stay a prisoner's execution.
To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger.
To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.
To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go;/Or if thou follow me, do not believe/But I shall do thee mischief in the wood"(Shakespeare).
n.
The act of halting; check.
The act of coming to a halt.
A brief period of residence or visiting.
A suspension or postponement of a legal action or an execution: granted a stay to the prisoner's execution.
[Middle English steien, from Old French ester, esteir, from Latin stāre; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place. Stay is the least specific, though it can also suggest that the person involved is a guest or visitor: "Must you go? Can't you stay?" (Charles J. Vaughan).
Remain often implies continuing or being left after others have gone: I remained at the end of the meeting to talk to the speaker. Wait suggests remaining in readiness, anticipation, or expectation: "Your father is waiting for me to take a walk with him" (Booth Tarkington).
Abide implies continuing for a lengthy period: "Abide with me" (Henry Francis Lyte).
Tarry and linger both imply a delayed departure, but linger more strongly suggests reluctance to leave: "She was not anxious but puzzled that her husband tarried" (Eden Phillpotts). "I alone sit lingering here" (Henry Vaughan).
To sojourn is to reside temporarily in a place: "He was sojourning at [a] hotel in Bond Street" (Anthony Trollope). See Also Synonyms at defer1.
"to remain," 1440, from M.Fr. estai-, stem of ester "to stay or stand," from O.Fr., from L. stare "to stand" (cf. It. stare, Sp. estar "to stand, to be"), from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Originally "come to a halt;" sense of "remain" is first recorded 1575. Noun senses of "appliance for stopping," "period of remaining in a place," and (judicial) "suspension of proceeding" all developed 1525-1550. Stay-at-home (adj.) is from 1806. Stay put is first recorded 1843, Amer.Eng. Phrase stay the course is originally (1885) in ref. to horses holding out till the end of a race.
"support, prop, brace," c.1515, from M.Fr. estaie "piece of wood used as a support," perhaps from Frank. *staka "support," from P.Gmc. *stagaz (cf. M.Du. stake "stick," O.E. steli "steel" stæg "rope used to support a mast"), from PIE *stak- (see stay (n.2)). If not, then from the root of stay (v.). Stays "laced underbodice" is attested from 1608.
"strong rope which supports a ship's mast," from O.E. stæg, from P.Gmc. *stagan (cf. Du. stag, Low Ger. stach, Ger. Stag, O.N. stag), from PIE *stak-, ult. an extended form of base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). The verb meaning "secure or steady with stays" is first recorded 1627.
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"
2.
the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: arrest]
3.
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"
4.
a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
5.
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
verb
1.
stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" [ant: change]
2.
stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [ant: move]
3.
dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide]
4.
continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
5.
remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children" [ant: depart]
6.
stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
7.
stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" [syn: persist]
8.
hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" [syn: last out]
9.
stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"
to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc Example: We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme.
Arabic:
يَبْقى، يَمْكُث
Chinese (Simplified):
（暂）住，留
Chinese (Traditional):
(暫)住，留
Czech:
zůstat
Danish:
opholde sig; blive
Dutch:
blijven
Estonian:
jääma, viibima
Finnish:
jäädä, asua
French:
rester
German:
bleiben
Greek:
μένω
Hungarian:
tartózkodik
Icelandic:
dvelja, vera kyrr
Indonesian:
tinggal
Italian:
restare, rimanere
Japanese:
とどまる
Korean:
머무르다, 체재하다
Latvian:
uzturēties; palikt
Lithuanian:
apsistoti, pasilikti
Norwegian:
bli, oppholde seg, bo (midlertidig)
Polish:
zostawać, zatrzymywać się
Portuguese (Brazil):
ficar
Portuguese (Portugal):
ficar
Russian:
останавливаться
Slovak:
zostať
Slovenian:
ostati
Swedish:
stanna, vistas, bo
Turkish:
kalmak
stay2[stei]verb
to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition) Example: The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are — don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to sta
Arabic:
يَبْقى
Chinese (Simplified):
保持在某处，呆在…
Chinese (Traditional):
保持在某處，獃在…
Czech:
zůstat, vydržet
Danish:
blive
Dutch:
blijven
Estonian:
püsima
Finnish:
pysyä
French:
rester
German:
bleiben
Greek:
παραμένω
Hungarian:
marad
Icelandic:
halda kyrru fyrir; haldast (uppi); vera (kyrr, *til frambúðar)
Indonesian:
tetap
Italian:
restare
Japanese:
～のままでいる
Korean:
(어떤 위치·장소·상태 등에) 머무르다, 그대로 있다
Latvian:
palikt; turēties
Lithuanian:
būti, likti
Norwegian:
bli (hvor man er), holde (senga), komme for å bli
Polish:
pozostawać
Portuguese (Brazil):
ficar
Portuguese (Portugal):
ficar
Romanian:
a sta, a rămâne
Russian:
оставаться
Slovak:
zostať
Slovenian:
ostati
Swedish:
stanna , hålla sig , sitta
Turkish:
kalmak
stay[stei]noun
a period of staying (in a place etc) Example: We had an overnight stay / a two days' stay in London.
Miss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Missed; p. pr. & vb. n. Missing.] [AS. missan; akin to D. & G. missen, OHG. missan, Icel. missa, Sw. mista, Dan. miste. [root]100. See Mis-, pref.]1. To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said. When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right. --Locke. 2. To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons. She would never miss, one day, A walk so fine, a sight so gay. --Prior. We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood. --Shak. 3. To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want. --Shak. Neither missed we anything . . . Nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him. --1 Sam. xxv. 15, 21. What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss. --Milton. To miss stays. (Naut.) See under Stay.
Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.]1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. 4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. Note: Sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under Fore, a., and Square, a.; also, Bark, Brig, Schooner, Ship, Stay. Sail burton (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. Sail fluke (Zo["o]l.), the whiff. Sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. Sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. Sail room (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. Sail yard (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. To crowd sail. (Naut.) See under Crowd. To loose sails (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. To make sail (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. To set a sail (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. To set sail (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. To strike sail (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. Under sail, having the sails spread.
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