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verb (used without object)
1.
to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
2.
to continue to be as specified, as to condition or state: to stay clean.
3.
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.
4.
to keep up, as with a competitor (followed by with).
5.
EXPANDPoker. to continue in a hand by matching an ante, bet, or raise.
6.
to stop or halt.
7.
to pause or wait, as for a moment, before proceeding or continuing; linger or tarry.
8.
Archaic. to cease or desist.
9.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to stand firm.
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.
EXPANDto remain through or during (a period of time): We stayed two days in San Francisco.
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Stays
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
noun
Idiom17.
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.
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
1400–50; late Middle English staien < Anglo-French estaier, Old French estai-, stem of ester < Latin stāre to stand
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noun
1.
something used to support or steady a thing; prop; brace.
2.
a flat strip of steel, plastic, etc., used especially for stiffening corsets, collars, etc.
3.
a long rod running between opposite walls, heads or sides of a furnace, boiler, tank, or the like, to strengthen them against internal pressures.
4.
stays, Chiefly British. a corset.
verb (used with object)
5.
to support, prop, or hold up (sometimes followed by up).
6.
to sustain or strengthen mentally or spiritually.
7.
to rest on (something, as a foundation or base) for support.
8.
to cause something to become fixed or to rest on (a support, foundation, base, etc.)
noun
1.
any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
3.
to put (a ship) on the other tack.
verb (used without object)
Idiom4.
(of a ship) to change to the other tack.
5.
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
before 1150; Middle English stey(e), Old English stæg; cognate with German Stag
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| stays (steɪz) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | rare corsets with bones in them |
| 2. | Compare irons a position of a sailing vessel relative to the wind so that the sails are luffing or aback |
| 3. | miss stays, refuse stays (of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about |
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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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