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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
Sample sentence:
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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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Somebody ----s something
- 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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Something ----s somebody
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