stay
verb
[ steɪ ]
• remain in the same place.
• "you stay here and I'll be back soon"
• remain in a specified state or position.
• "her ability to stay calm"
Similar:
remain (behind),
stay behind,
stay put,
wait,
wait around,
linger,
stick,
continue,
be left,
hold on,
hang on,
lodge,
rest,
delay,
pause,
stop,
hang around/round,
hang about,
bide,
tarry,
continue to be,
remain,
keep,
persist in being,
carry on being,
go on being,
• (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.
• "the girls had gone to stay with friends"
Similar:
visit,
spend some time,
put up,
stop,
stop off,
stop over,
break one's journey,
lodge,
room,
board,
have rooms,
be housed,
be accommodated,
be quartered,
be billeted,
take up residence,
take a room,
settle,
holiday,
vacation,
vacay,
sojourn,
bide,
abide,
• stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges).
• "there are some cases the Crown feels so serious they don't want to stay the charges"
Similar:
postpone,
put off,
delay,
defer,
put back,
hold over/off,
carry over,
reschedule,
do later,
shelve,
stand over,
pigeonhole,
put/hold in abeyance,
mothball,
adjourn,
suspend,
prorogue,
put off the evil day/hour,
put over,
table,
lay on the table,
take a rain check on,
continue,
put on ice,
put on the back burner,
put in cold storage,
remit,
respite,
slow down,
slow up,
hold back,
set back,
keep back,
hold up,
detain,
decelerate,
put a brake on,
retard,
hinder,
hamper,
obstruct,
inhibit,
impede,
handicap,
hamstring,
curb,
check,
restrain,
restrict,
arrest,
interfere with,
interrupt,
encumber,
clog,
trammel,
cumber,
• support or prop up.
• "it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?"
stay
noun
• a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest.
• "an overnight stay at a luxury hotel"
Similar:
visit,
stop,
stop-off,
stopover,
break,
rest,
holiday,
minibreak,
vacation,
sojourn,
• a curb or check.
• "there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom"
• a device used as a brace or support.
• power of endurance.
• "some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’; in the sense ‘support’ (stay1 (sense 5 of the verb) and stay1 (sense 3 of the noun)), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin.
stay
noun
• a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to another part of the ship.
Similar:
strut,
wire,
brace,
tether,
prop,
beam,
rod,
support,
truss,
buttress,
pier,
shaft,
shore,
stanchion,
stake,
stick,
spike,
post,
shroud,
stay
verb
• secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays.
Similar:
brace,
tether,
strut,
wire,
prop,
support,
truss,
buttress,
shore up,
stake,
stick,
Origin:
Old English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’.
