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stayed

verb (used without object)

to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.

to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean.

to hold out or endure, as in a contest or task (followed by with or at): Please stay with the project as long as you can.

to keep up, as with a competitor (followed by with).

Poker. to continue in a hand by matching an ante, bet, or raise.

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to stop or halt.

to pause or wait, as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing; linger or tarry.

Archaic. to cease or desist.

Archaic. to stand firm.

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verb (used with object)

10.

to stop or halt.

11.

to hold back, detain, or restrain, as from going further.

12.

to suspend or delay (actions, proceedings, etc.).

13.

to appease or satisfy temporarily the cravings of (the stomach, appetite, etc.).

14.

to remain through or during (a period of time): We stayed two days in San Francisco.

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15.

to remain to the end of; remain beyond (usually followed by out).

16.

Archaic. to await.

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Stayed is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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noun

17.

the act of stopping or being stopped.

18.

a stop, halt, or pause; a standstill.

19.

a sojourn or temporary residence: a week's stay in Miami.

20.

Law. a stoppage or arrest of action; suspension of a judicial proceeding: The governor granted a stay of execution.

21.

Informal. staying power; endurance.

Idiom

22.

stay the course, to persevere; endure to completion.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English staien < Anglo-French estaier, Old French estai-, stem of ester < Latin stāre to stand

Example Sentences

While faculty have stayed largely silent, some have backed the students.

In part, this was because inflation stayed low and investors were risk-averse in the alarm of the recession.

Those who stayed behind still inhabit a contaminated landscape.

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While faculty have stayed largely silent, some have backed the students.

In part, this was because inflation stayed low and investors were risk-averse in the alarm of the recession.

Those who stayed behind still inhabit a contaminated landscape.

Booms kept oil off the shores, as long as the waves stayed calm.

She told me something that has stayed with me: the family had saved for three years to make the trip.

He went back to the house with one of the boys, but the crows stayed away.

Inside a near-vacuum bulb, it stayed alight for more than half a day.

If conditions changed-if children stayed home longer or genteel spinsters decided to live together-so would housing requirements.

Global average temperatures have stayed fairly constant over that time as well, until recently.

But their testosterone plunged, compared to peers who stayed single.

They stayed until closing, and came back in greater numbers the next day.

Look closely and you'll find signed copies from authors who have stayed in the room.

The grippy rubber tips stayed put and performed admirably, but cord noise was kept to a minimum.

On the whole, they have been tolerated so long as they stayed behind campus walls.

The team looked at data for four regions on the sun that eventually became active and nine regions that stayed quiet.

So although these mice were consistently eating poorly, they stayed as trim and fit as mice that were fed a low-fat diet.

The crowds stayed away, but all six of us movie mavens in attendance were enthusiastically glued to the screen.

Kimberley pointed out the the harder balm stayed on her lips for a longer time, even through brushing her teeth.

Many people escaped, and many who could have evacuated the threatened cities stayed behind for one motive or another.

Better indeed if their debts stayed the same, but their incomes rose.

Some senior centers stayed open longer to offer air-conditioned respite to elderly residents.

The relative support for other disciplines has stayed roughly the same.

I'd have gladly stayed in that wonderfully reclaimed beauty until dark.

We stayed away from noise-canceling and wireless tech, earbuds and models made for the commuter set.

As prices soared and interest rates stayed low, delinquency rates remained low too.

The two women have stayed in touch through phone calls, letters, and visits.

The heavier smoke particles stayed in lower layers and so were less able to travel.

Some might have even stayed year-round, particularly if their young required parental care.

There were no broken windows or even overturned trash bins, and police stayed largely out of sight for the evening.

Several others stayed away, making it more difficult for the centre-left to muster the necessary outright majority.

She stayed in the hospital five days longer than expected.

The chimp s ancestor stayed in the tree our ancestor came down to the water.

I've stayed clear of blue-fin tuna for the exact reason you outlined.

Without traditional means of communication, other residents who stayed closer to home resorted to spray paint.

Public-service salaries went unpaid for months, and schools stayed empty.

However, the frequency and duration of hurricanes overall have stayed about the same.

They stayed put while the grain grew and while the beer was brewed.

They actually built a shelter of palm fronds in their yard and stayed there.

But prices stayed low because demand was weak and large commercial stocks were slow to fall.

Many people stayed up late celebrating and so may be sleeping in.

We stayed with the two matriarchs for several weeks.

The skin around his eyes was tinged a light pink, making him look as though he had stayed up too late.

Sure there have been upgrades in lighting and sound systems, but the overall concept has stayed the same.

Implementation of the order has been stayed pending appeal.

The general stayed on as army commander, casting an overbearing shadow.

Bagels stayed fresher in the pouch than when left out.

The fact that his mobile phone stayed quiet annoyed him….

My friend and her mom stayed up till midnight looking up the answers on google.

But as weeks elapsed and the yuan stayed put, the critics began to resurface.

Eight percent of the participants were depressed before losing his or her partner-and stayed that way.

My generation has stayed around and tried to keep the town alive.

He stayed there for four years, a time he has described as a major inflexion point in his life.

When a baseball game was rained out, people stayed and watched the storm.

We stayed together on the rides, and no one lost patience.

The fact that his mobile phone stayed quiet annoyed.

Then they put the coffin out upon the mountain, and one of them always stayed by it and watched it.

So far, the eagles banished from the islands have stayed away.

Some returned home with little more than they had arrived with, others stayed on to make a new life in.

Many papers stayed afloat by pushing journalists overboard.

Women stayed together longer with partners they met while on the pill, and were less likely to want a separation.

The bones stayed in their field jackets for over five.

Many stayed on, depriving the country of talented professionals.

Veterinarians stayed through the night to care for the calf after noticing it had difficulty swimming and breathing.

The price of a cup of coffee stayed at a nickel from.

Thanks to sound monetary policies, inflation worldwide had stayed low in recent years.

Beglinger helped direct the effort and stayed in constant communication with the seven rescue helicopters he'd summoned by radio.

He traveled a lot, and always seems to have stayed kind of portable.

And the third group was a control that received no vouchers and stayed put.

More than a dozen policemen were injured and four protesters were arrested-but the immigrants stayed.

Thun suspects the trees stayed so fresh for two reasons.

Sea surface temperatures stayed at record high levels for more than three months in.

He stayed awake for three days to accomplish this feat.

Almost all of them would have stayed with the same firm until retirement.

Some of us stayed for a while to photograph the amazing scenery.

But in plants in which one of the molecules responsible for the movement was defective, the chloroplasts stayed where they were.

The corralito, as this measure was known, stayed in place even after default.

And this picture of darkness and light only stayed in my photos.

At the same time, larger human populations that stayed in one place made it easier for the disease to spread.

So the numbers of wounded and killed has stayed more or less constant.

Top-rank males in all groups stayed boss for roughly the same length of time-a year.

So they stayed with friends whose houses had been spared.

The sodium hydroxide stayed on the bottom and the hydrochloric acid sat on top.

Railways and roads will be built that might otherwise have stayed on the drawing board for years.

Tradition stayed alive in the rural areas, not downtown".

So rats that got the net-busting treatment stayed calm when they heard the sound.

Whatever the reason, the redirect stayed in place for almost a full week.

Some stayed rather than abandon their pets, which are barred from evacuee shelters.

Weaver and his wife and two excited teenage sons drove to the hotel separately and stayed in a suite.

Chernobyl used essentially graphite dust to cool the core and that dust traveled far and stayed around longer than steam will.

To their credit, almost the entire crowd stayed through to the end.

Others stayed out of concern for their fellow human beings.

When they shook it only a little, the bead stayed floating on top.

They found that mice and rats stayed away from that part of the cage.

Viking landers, which relied on nuclear isotopes for power, stayed active for nearly six years.

The government cleverly stayed out of its organisation, although it gave public workers time off to attend.

The first rule of blizzard survival is to stay inside and stayed tuned to weather reports.

In contrast, pet cats stayed within an average of about five acres of home.

Thousands of people stayed to watch science demonstrations, scientific lectures, and women dancing with glowing hula hoops.

The soldiers have stayed well inside the barracks, where they belong.

Some shops stayed closed because their windows had been shattered, but food vendors pushed their carts out onto the street.

About half of them have stayed in the summit, and the other half have moved about equally into either rift zone.

Ogilivie believes access restrictions imposed by the landowner is a likely reason why the cranes have stayed.

With no soil or surface life functioning, the iridium stayed put.

Ferrell will be wishing he would have stayed at home.

And the longer they stayed in the program, the more weight they lost.

Processors, graphics and even the displays have been improved, although the prices have stayed the same.

Rittner came in later in the morning and stayed into the evening.

If chimps stayed in a immature stage for an extra year or so, who knows what they may be able to accomplish.

However when the law was changed making the tail light mandatory on new vehicles, the accident rate stayed exactly the same.

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noun

something used to support or steady a thing; prop; brace.

a flat strip of steel, plastic, etc., used especially for stiffening corsets, collars, etc.

a long rod running between opposite walls, heads or sides of a furnace, boiler, tank, or the like, to strengthen them against internal pressures.

stays, Chiefly British. a corset.

verb (used with object)

to support, prop, or hold up (sometimes followed by up).

to sustain or strengthen mentally or spiritually.

to rest on (something, as a foundation or base) for support.

to cause something to become fixed or to rest on (a support, foundation, base, etc.)

Origin:
1505–15; apparently same as stay³ (compare Old French estayer to hold in place, support, perhaps derivative of Middle English steye stay³)

noun

any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc.

verb (used with object)

to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast.

to put (a ship) on the other tack.

verb (used without object)

(of a ship) to change to the other tack.

Idiom

in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about.

Origin:
before 1150; Middle English stey(e), Old English stæg; cognate with German Stag

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Word Origin & History

stay

"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.

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