What (who) is Stay - definition
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stay
n. a court-ordered short-term delay in judicial proceedings to give a losing defendant time to arrange for payment of the judgment or move out of the premises in an unlawful detainer case.
See also: stay of execution
stay
stay1
¦ verb
1. remain in the same place.
(stay on) continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left.
(stay over) stay for the night at someone's home or a hotel.
(stay up) not go to bed.
2. remain in a specified state or position.
(stay with) continue, persevere, or keep up with (an activity or person).
3. live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.
Scottish & S. African live permanently.
4. stop, delay, or prevent, in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges).
assuage (hunger) for a short time.
5. literary support or prop up.
¦ noun
1. a period of staying somewhere.
2. a curb or check, especially a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings.
3. a device used as a brace or support.
4. (stays) historical a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
Phrases
stay the course (or distance) keep going to the end of a race or contest.
?pursue a difficult task or activity to the end.
a stay of execution a delay in carrying out a court order.
stay put remain somewhere without moving.
Derivatives
stayer noun
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. estai-, stem of OFr. ester, from L. stare 'to stand'; in the sense 'support', partly from OFr. estaye (n.), estayer (v.), of Gmc origin.
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stay2
¦ noun
1. a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast.
2. a guy or rope supporting a flagstaff or other upright pole.
3. a supporting wire or cable on an aircraft.
¦ verb secure or steady by means of a stay.
Phrases
be in stays (of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking.
miss stays (of a sailing ship) fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another.
Origin
OE st?g, of Gmc origin, from a base meaning 'be firm'.
stay
(stays, staying, stayed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
'Stay here,' Trish said. 'I'll bring the car down the drive to take you back.'...
In the old days the woman stayed at home and the man earned the money.
VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep
2.
If you stay in a town, or hotel, or at someone's house, you live there for a short time.
Gordon stayed at The Park Hotel, Milan...
He tried to stay a few months every year in Scotland.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n
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Stay is also a noun.
An experienced Indian guide is provided during your stay.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
If someone or something stays in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
The Republican candidate said he would 'work like crazy to stay ahead'.
...community care networks that offer classes on how to stay healthy...
= remain
V-LINK: V adv/prep, V adj
4.
If you stay away from a place, you do not go there.
Government employers and officers also stayed away from work during the strike...
Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually stayed away.
= keep
VERB: V away from n, V away
5.
If you stay out of something, you do not get involved in it.
In the past, the UN has stayed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in...
VERB: V out of n
6.
If you stay put, you remain somewhere.
Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
They had invited me to come to supper and stay the night.
PHRASE: V inflects
Pronunciation examples for Stay
1. Stay, stay. Stay, boy.
11.14
2. Stay. Stay.
A Dog Year (2009)
3. Stay. Stay.
11.14
4. Stay. Stay.
Where It Ends _ 16 Frames _ Talks at Google
5. Stay back! Stay!
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Examples of use of Stay
1. "We‘ll stay overnight, we‘ll stay as long as possible.
2. "We want to stay legal, we want to stay aboveboard.
3. They were told to stay out of the bar for the duration of their stay.
4. The ones whose homes were completely destroyed can stay." The Sultans can stay.
5. They tried to stay to stay calm, among other reasons, to conserve oxygen.