Word Finder - stays

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Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

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I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.

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A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

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The governor granted a stay of execution.

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A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

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stand at a stay

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A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

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A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

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Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

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Hindrance; let; check.

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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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A prop; a support.

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A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

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Where are the stays for my collar?

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(in the plural) A corset.

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A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

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A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

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A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

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The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.

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The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

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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 corset.