stay
/steɪ/ noun B1- Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time. · I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.
- A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment. · The governor granted a stay of execution.
- A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
- A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
- Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Plural stays
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
He was afraid for the minute, but it is impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time, and though Rikki-tikki had never met a live cobra before, his mother had fed him on dead ones, and he knew that all a grown mongoose’s business in life was to fight and eat snakes.
At home among my friends I stay;
No, I’ve made up my mind about it; if I’m Mabel, I’ll stay down here!
Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’—but, oh dear!” cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, “I do wish they _would_ put their heads down!
Other matches
- stay To remain in a particular place, especially for... A1
- 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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