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Meaning of stay
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stay
n 1: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a
nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-
month stay in bankruptcy court"
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop},
{stoppage}]
3: 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"
4: a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a
garment (e.g. a corset)
5: (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable
used as a support for a mast or spar
v 1: 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" [syn: {stay},
{remain}, {rest}] [ant: {change}]
2: 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!" [syn:
{stay}, {stick}, {stick around}, {stay put}] [ant: {move}]
3: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide}, {abide},
{stay}]
4: 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" [syn: {stay}, {stay on}, {continue},
{remain}]
5: remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
[ant: {depart}, {quit}, {take leave}]
6: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: {stay},
{detain}, {delay}]
7: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
remained long after they made up" [syn: {persist}, {remain},
{stay}]
8: hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
[syn: {last out}, {stay}, {ride out}, {outride}]
9: stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution
order"
10: fasten with stays
11: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: {quell}, {stay},
{appease}]
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