stay
/steɪ/ verb A1- To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide. · We stayed in Hawaii for a week. I can only stay for an hour.
- To continue to have a particular quality. · Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.· Promise me you'll always stay/remain my little prince.
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
- To cause to cease; to put an end to.
- To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back. · The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.
Plural stay · He/she/it stays · Past stayed · Past participle stayed · -ing form staying
Verb forms
- Base form
- stay
- He/she/it
- stays
- Past
- stayed
- Past participle
- stayed
- -ing form
- staying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- stay away To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.
- stay back To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) ...
- stay in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
- stay on Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
- stay out To spend time away from one's home.
- stay over To stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sl...
- stay up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, up.
From the library
“Stay there,” shouted the monkeys, “till we have killed thy friends, and later we will play with thee--if the Poison-People leave thee alive.”
At home among my friends I stay;
He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
Other matches
- stay Continuance or a period of time spent in a place B1
- stay To brace or support with a stay or stays C2
- stay A prop C2
- stay A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and le... C2
- stay Aspect marker indicating frequency or permanence. C2
- stay away To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or som...
- stay back To remain
- stay in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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