Definition of stay

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Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

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Overstay :: Overstay (v. t.) To stay beyond the time or the limits of; as, to overstay the appointed time..
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
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..
Continue :: Continue (v. i.) To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
Remain :: Remain (n.) State of remaining; stay.
Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..
Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..
Leave :: Leave (v.) To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed..
Subventaneous :: Subvene (v. i.) To come under, as a support or stay; to happen..
Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..
Appui :: Appui (n.) A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
Outsit :: Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay..
Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..
Optional :: Optional (a.) Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay..
Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.
Commoration :: Commoration (n.) The act of staying or residing in a place.
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.
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