Word Finder - staying

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To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

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To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

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To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

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To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

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To cause to cease; to put an end to.

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To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

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The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.

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To hold the attention of.

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To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

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To wait for; await.

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To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

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To rest; depend; rely.

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To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

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To come to an end; cease.

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That day the storm stayed.

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To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

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To make a stand; to stand firm.

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To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.

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That horse stays well.

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To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

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We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour.

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To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

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(used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

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To continue to have a particular quality.

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Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.

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To live; reside

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Hey, where do you stay at?

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To brace or support with a stay or stays

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stay a mast

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To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

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To tack; put on the other tack.

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to stay ship

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To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

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A stay or visit.

Are you staying in my house?

She had no intention of staying here.

Is she still staying with you?

Or worse, staying with her for eternity but hating her.

Lisa came home from the hospital the day before the funeral and Connie insisted on staying with her for a while.

He's staying here with you, isn't he?

If he thinks I might be up today, he'll insist on staying home so he won't miss me.

I heard someone was staying with you.

If he was going to start throwing things, she had no intention of staying there in the kitchen alone with him.

She'd never given him an answer about staying with him on Anshan.

Thanks, I know we can count on you, Katie, but I think she'll be more comfortable staying at our house.

He was staying in less splendid quarters a few blocks away.

I never considered staying home and raising my child.

There's a young girl who's been staying with us.

Natasha had been staying at her brother's with her husband and children since early autumn.

She tried to swallow the lump that insisted on staying in her throat.

But staying out there alone with a man?

Up and down the hills, searching and searching but all the little ones are staying inside in this coal-stripped countryside.

We were surprised to learn he was staying in a motel and not with his mother's present husband.

The problem isn't your staying her; it's this whole clandestine meeting.

Where was he staying locally?

Martha wasn't doing well staying alone so she asked a bottle of Beefeater to keep her company.

I was growing to love this town, with its simple history, proud of its old homes and field stone fences, telling the world it was a place worth staying.

I'd feel much better if he returned with us but if he insists on staying, it's his choice.

We've located the place where Grasso is staying.

I know the motel where they are staying so the cell phone I've already discarded wasn't necessary.

I'm staying with Jonny here in Miami at Dad's … Jonny's apartment.

Staying in the basement where the Other could find and kill him wasn't his top choice, but at least he was in the house.

She's staying with her boyfriend, Fred explained.

If I was your real girl, instead of just somebody staying here, would you?

You're not 'just somebody staying here.'

Monday was transition day at Bird Song, with the arrival of six new guests to fill three vacated rooms, with only the four Dawkins, Brandon Westlake, and Pumpkin Green staying on.

I like staying in a house, or a bed and breakfast—places where you meet people.

How can you sit on a jury that involves guests staying at Bird Song?

I told the judge them folks were staying with us.

Are you staying here at the Beaumont?

The grand opening was attended with party-like anticipation by everyone staying at the inn.

Fred explained that the New York sister was staying in her motor home at a local campground.

New arrivals and departures at Bird Song were nonexistent as all present guests were staying at least through the weekend.

The Dawkinses are staying at my bed and breakfast.

Like Billy's friend who's staying at Mr. Dean's boarding house, Bird Song!

Who else had been staying at Bird Song throughout this whole business?

All the guests are staying put, with no check-ins or check-outs, Cynthia said as she and her husband sat down to lunch.

A friend who is staying in Telluride has a private plane and is flying back to the coast.

Like that weird kid you had staying at Bird Song—the one with the shopping cart.

Patsy got mad at one of the women where we were staying so she swiped her car and we took off.

I'm staying at her place.

One day, when Destiny was with Grandma Reynolds and Jonathan was at staying with a friend, she decided to go down to the house before she went to the hospital.

Where was he staying?

She'd missed nature while staying at the penthouse.