Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of stay is as below...

Expect :: Expect (v. t.) To wait; to stay.

Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..

Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.

Stayer :: Stayedness (n.) Solidity; weight.

Stayed :: Stay (n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship..

Prop :: Prop (v.) That which sustains an incumbent weight; that on which anything rests or leans for support; a support; a stay; as, a prop for a building..

Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.

Await :: Await (v. t.) To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect.

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself..

Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Stay :: Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sta.

Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..

Random Fonts

Most Popular