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Noun stay has 5 senses
- stay - 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"
--1 is a kind of act, human action, human activity
--1 has particulars: sojourn, visit; stop, stopover, layover
- stay - 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"
--2 is a kind of decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
--2 has particulars: stay of execution
- arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage - 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"
--3 is a kind of inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
--3 has particulars: countercheck; logjam
- stay - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
--4 is a kind of brace, bracing
--4 has particulars: backstay; forestay
- stay - a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
--5 is a kind of strip, slip
Verb stay has 11 senses
- stay, remain, rest - 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"
--1 is one way to be
Antonyms: change
Sample sentence:
John will stay angry
- stay, stick, stick around, stay put - 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!"
--2 is one way to stay in place
Antonyms: move
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- bide, abide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
--3 is one way to stay, stay on, continue, remain
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- stay, stay on, continue, remain - 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"
--4 is one way to be
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- stay - remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
Antonyms: depart, take leave, quit
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- stay, detain, delay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
--6 is one way to check, retard, delay
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- persist, remain, stay - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
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- last out, stay, ride out, outride - a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
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- stay - stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"
--9 is one way to stop, halt, block, kibosh
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- stay - fasten with stays
--10 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
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- quell, stay, appease - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
--11 is one way to meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
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