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stay

noun
  1. continuing or remaining in a place or state
    “they had a nice stay in Paris”
  2. (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
  3. a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
  4. 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”
  5. the state of inactivity following an interruption
    check
verb
  1. stay the same
    restremain
  2. stop or halt
    “Please stay the bloodshed!”
    delaydetain
  3. overcome or allay
    quellappease
  4. fasten with stays
  5. stay put (in a certain place)
    “We are staying in Detroit”
    stickstick aroundstay put
  6. remain behind
    “I had to stay at home and watch the children”
  7. stop a judicial process
    “The judge stayed the execution order”
  8. hang on during a trial of endurance
    outridelast outride out
  9. dwell
    “You can stay with me while you are in town”
    abidebide
  10. continue in a place, position, or situation
    “After graduation, they stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.”
    remaincontinuestay on
  11. stay behind
    “The smell stayed in the room”
    remainpersist