All related terms of 'stays'

If you stay where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.

→ in irons ( see phrase under → iron )

(of a sailing vessel) to fail to come about

If you stay in during the evening , you remain at home and do not go out.

If you stay on somewhere , you remain there after other people have left or after the time when you were going to leave.

If you stay up , you remain out of bed at a time when most people have gone to bed or at a time when you are normally in bed yourself.

If you stay out at night , you remain away from home, especially when you are expected to be there.

a rope or stay secured to the heads of the foremast and mainmast , to which hoisting tackles can be attached

a stay (at a hotel , someone's house, etc) lasting one night

If you are given a stay of execution , you are legally allowed to delay obeying an order of a court of law.