Definition of Stay

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Definition of Stay

Stay

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.

To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.

To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.

To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

To continue in a state.

To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.

To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.

To change tack; as a ship.

That which serves as a prop; a support.

A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.

Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.

Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Hindrance; let; check.

Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.

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Stay Quotations

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
Tony Robbins

It is easier to stay out than get out.
Mark Twain

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.
Michael Jordan

I've never preached one sermon on money, on just finances. I want to stay away from it.
Joel Osteen

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I had a lot of dates but I decided to stay home and dye my eyebrows.
Andy Warhol

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.
Andy Warhol

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
Robert Frost

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
Henry David Thoreau

Stay Translations

stay in Afrikaans is bly, verblyf
stay in Danish is forblive, ophold
stay in Dutch is logeren
stay in German is bleiben/aufhalten, Aufenthalt {m}, bleiben
stay in Italian is soggiorno
stay in Latin is commoror, remaneo, maneo, remaneo
stay in Portuguese is ficar, estada
stay in Spanish is estacionamiento, quedarse

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