Definition of stay

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Stay (v. i.) To change tack; as a ship.

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Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Bound with stays.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
Stay :: Stay (n.) That which serves as a prop; a support.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.
Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..
Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Staymaker :: Stayless (a.) Without stop or delay.
Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.
Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) After the departure of another; as, to stay behind..
Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..
Await :: Await (v. i.) To wait; to stay in waiting.
Staid :: Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of Sta.
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