Definition of stay

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...

Stay (v. i.) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Lern More About Stay

Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..
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..
Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays..
Mainstay :: Mainstay (n.) Main support; principal dependence.
Outside :: Outside (adv.) or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Jump :: Jump (n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Outdwell :: Outdwell (v. t.) To dwell or stay beyond.
Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..
Forestay :: Forestay (n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship..
Staysail :: Staynil (n.) The European starling.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us