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S0723700 (stā)v. stayed, stay·ing, stays v.intr.1. a. To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.b. To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel.c. To linger or wait in order to do or experience something: We stayed to watch the final minutes of the game.2. a. To continue or persist in an action or activity: stayed with the original plan; stayed in college.b. To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.3. Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.4. Archaic To stop moving or stop doing something.v.tr.1. To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.2. a. To stop or restrain; check: Doubt stayed his hand.b. To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings: stay a prisoner's execution.3. To satisfy or appease temporarily: stayed his anger.4. Archaic To wait for; await: "I will not stay thy questions. Let me go; / Or if thou follow me, do not believe / But I shall do thee mischief in the wood" (Shakespeare).n.1. A brief period of residence or visiting.2. Law a. The order by which a planned action is stayed.b. The consequence of such an order.3. Archaic a. The act of halting; check.b. The act of coming to a halt.Phrasal Verb: stay up To remain awake past one's usual bedtime; not go to bed.Idioms: stay put To remain in a fixed or established position. stay the course To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge. stay with (one) To remain in one's memory; not be forgotten: That kind of compliment stays with you for years.

[Middle English steien, from Old French ester, esteir, from Latin stāre; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: stay¹, linger, remain, tarry¹, wait
These verbs mean to continue to be in a given place: stayed in bed until noon; lingered at the mall for an entire afternoon; remained on the subway until the very last stop; tarried in the hallway until he was late for class; waited for the movie credits to end before she left the theater.

stay²

S0723700 (stā)tr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays To brace, support, or prop up: The tower is stayed with cables.n.1. A support or brace.2. A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.3. stays A corset.

[Middle English staien, from Old French estaiier, from estaie, a support, of Germanic origin.]

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S0723700 (stā)n.1. Nautical A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.2. A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.tr. & intr.v. stayed, stay·ing, stays Nautical To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.

[Middle English, from Old English stæg.]

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(steɪ) vb1. (intr) to continue or remain in a certain place, position, etc: to stay outside. 2. (copula) to continue to be; remain: to stay awake. 3. (often foll by: at) to reside temporarily, esp as a guest: to stay at a hotel. 4. (tr) to remain for a specified period: to stay the weekend. 5. (intr) Scot and South African to reside permanently or habitually; live6. archaic to stop or cause to stop7. (intr) to wait, pause, or tarry8. (tr) to delay or hinder9. (Law) (tr) a. to discontinue or suspend (a judicial proceeding)b. to hold in abeyance or restrain from enforcing (an order, decree, etc)10. to endure (something testing or difficult, such as a race): a horse that stays the course. 11. (; usually foll by: with) to keep pace (with a competitor in a race, etc)12. (Card Games) (intr) poker to raise one's stakes enough to stay in a round13. (tr) to hold back or restrain: to stay one's anger. 14. (tr) to satisfy or appease (an appetite, etc) temporarily15. (tr) archaic to quell or suppress16. (intr) archaic to stand firm17. stay put See put¹⁸n18. the act of staying or sojourning in a place or the period during which one stays19. the act of stopping or restraining or state of being stopped, etc20. (Law) the suspension of a judicial proceeding, etc: stay of execution. [C15 staien, from Anglo-French estaier, to stay, from Old French ester to stay, from Latin stāre to stand]

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(steɪ) n1. (Building) anything that supports or steadies, such as a prop or buttress2. (Clothing & Fashion) a thin strip of metal, plastic, bone, etc, used to stiffen corsets, etcvb (tr) 3. (often foll by up) to prop or hold4. (often foll by up) to comfort or sustain5. (foll by: on or upon) to cause to rely or depend[C16: from Old French estaye, of Germanic origin; compare stay³]

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(steɪ) n (Building) a rope, cable, or chain, usually one of a set, used for bracing uprights, such as masts, funnels, flagpoles, chimneys, etc; guy[Old English stæg; related to Old Norse stag, Middle Low German stach, Norwegian stagle wooden post]

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v.i. 1. to remain or continue over a length of time, as in a place or situation: to stay up late. 2. to dwell temporarily; lodge: to stay at a friend's apartment. 3. to pause or wait briefly: Stay inside until the taxi comes. 4. to continue to be as specified: to stay clean. 5. to hold out or endure, as in a contest or at a task: to stay with a project. 6. to keep up, as with a competitor. 7. to stop or halt. 8. to continue in a hand of poker by matching a bet or raise. 9. Archaic. to cease or desist. 10. Archaic. to stand firm. v.t. 11. to stop or halt. 12. to hold back, detain, or restrain. 13. to suspend or delay (actions, proceedings, etc.). 14. a. to appease temporarily the hunger of: This sandwich will stay you till dinner. b. to satisfy temporarily the cravings of (the stomach, appetite, etc.). 15. to remain through or during (a period of time). 16. to remain to the end of; remain beyond (usu. fol. by out). 17. Archaic. to await. n. 18. the act of stopping or being stopped. 19. a stop, halt, or pause. 20. a sojourn or temporary residence: a week's stay in Miami. 21. a suspension of a judicial proceeding: a stay of execution. 22. staying power; endurance. Idioms: stay put, to remain in the same position or place. [1400–50; late Middle English staien < Anglo-French estaier, Old French estai-, s. of ester < Latin stāre to stand]

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n. 1. something used to support or steady a thing; prop; brace. 2. a flat strip of firm material, as steel or whalebone, used esp. for stiffening corsets, collars, etc. 3. stays, a corset. v.t. 4. to support, prop, or hold up (sometimes fol. by up). 5. to sustain or strengthen mentally or spiritually. 6. to attach to a foundation or base. [1505–15; partly n. derivative of stay¹, partly < Old French estaye, n. derivative of estayer to hold in place, support < Germanic; see stay³]

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n. 1. any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc. v.t. 2. to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast. 3. to put (a ship) on the other tack. v.i. 4. (of a ship) to change to the other tack. Idioms: in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about. [before 1150; Middle English stey(e), Old English stæg, c. Old Norse stag]

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Remain and stay are often used with the same meaning. Remain is more formal than stay. To remain or stay in a particular state means to continue to be in that state.

Oliver remained silent.I stayed awake all night.

If you remain or stay in a place, you do not leave it.

I was allowed to remain at home.Fewer women these days stay at home to look after their children.

If something still exists, you can say that it remains. Don't say that it 'stays'.

Even today parts of the old wall remain.The wider problem remains.

If you stay in a town, hotel, or house, you live there for a short time.

How long can you stay in Brussels?She was staying in the same hotel as I was.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'remain' with this meaning.

stay

Past participle: stayed
Gerund: staying

Imperative
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stay

Present
I stay
you stay
he/she/it stays
we stay
you stay
they stay

Preterite
I stayed
you stayed
he/she/it stayed
we stayed
you stayed
they stayed

Present Continuous
I am staying
you are staying
he/she/it is staying
we are staying
you are staying
they are staying

Present Perfect
I have stayed
you have stayed
he/she/it has stayed
we have stayed
you have stayed
they have stayed

Past Continuous
I was staying
you were staying
he/she/it was staying
we were staying
you were staying
they were staying

Past Perfect
I had stayed
you had stayed
he/she/it had stayed
we had stayed
you had stayed
they had stayed

Future
I will stay
you will stay
he/she/it will stay
we will stay
you will stay
they will stay

Future Perfect
I will have stayed
you will have stayed
he/she/it will have stayed
we will have stayed
you will have stayed
they will have stayed

Future Continuous
I will be staying
you will be staying
he/she/it will be staying
we will be staying
you will be staying
they will be staying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been staying
you have been staying
he/she/it has been staying
we have been staying
you have been staying
they have been staying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been staying
you will have been staying
he/she/it will have been staying
we will have been staying
you will have been staying
they will have been staying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been staying
you had been staying
he/she/it had been staying
we had been staying
you had been staying
they had been staying

Conditional
I would stay
you would stay
he/she/it would stay
we would stay
you would stay
they would stay

Past Conditional
I would have stayed
you would have stayed
he/she/it would have stayed
we would have stayed
you would have stayed
they would have stayed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stay - continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happensojourn, visit - a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)layover, stopover, stop - a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
	2.	stay - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"halt, stoppage, hitch, arrest, check, stopinaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactivecountercheck - a check that restrains another checklogjam - any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"
	3.	stay - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"stay of execution - an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of timelaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	4.	stay - a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
	5.	stay - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or sparsailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailorbackstay - a stay that supports the back of somethingbracing, brace - a structural member used to stiffen a frameworkforestay - an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
Verb	1.	stay - stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"remain, restkeep out - remain outsidesit tight - maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"stay together, stick together - be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble; "The two families stuck together throughout the war"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"stand - remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"stay fresh, keep - fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"be - to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	2.	stay - stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"stay put, stick, stick aroundstay in place - be stationarymove - change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
	3.	stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"abide, bidearchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionvisit - stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"outstay, overstay - stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome"stay on, remain, stay, continue - continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
	4.	stay - continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"stay on, remain, continuebe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"abide, bide, stay - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"hold over - continue a term of office past the normal period of time
	5.	stay - remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"take leave, quit, depart - go away or leave
	6.	stay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"detain, delayretard, delay, check - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development"
	7.	stay - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"persist, remainstick - endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"linger - remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
	8.	stay - hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"last out, outride, ride outoutstay - surpass in staying power; "They outstayed their competitors"
	9.	stay - stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"kibosh, stop, block, halt - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
	10.	stay - fasten with staysfasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
	11.	stay - overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"appease, quellfulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need

stay

verb1. remain, continue to be, linger, stand, stop, wait, settle, delay, halt, pause, hover, abide, hang around (informal), reside, stay put, bide, loiter, hang in the air, tarry, put down roots, establish yourself Hundreds of people defied army orders to stay at home.
remain go, leave, depart, abandon, withdraw, quit, move on, exit, pass through, pack your bags (informal)2. (often with at) lodge, visit, sojourn, put up at, be accommodated at He tried to stay at the hotel a few days every year.3. continue, remain, go on, survive, endure Nothing stays the same for long.4. suspend, put off, defer, adjourn, hold over, hold in abeyance, prorogue The finance ministry stayed the execution to avoid upsetting a nervous market.noun1. visit, stop, holiday, stopover, sojourn An experienced Italian guide is provided during your stay.2. postponement, delay, suspension, stopping, halt, pause, reprieve, remission, deferment The court dismissed defence appeals for a permanent stay of execution.stay in stay at home, stop in (informal), not go out Let's just stay in tonight and watch TV.

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verb1. To continue to be in a place:abide, bide, linger, remain, tarry, wait.Informal: stick around.Idiom: stay put.2. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time:abide, continue, endure, go on, hold out, last, persist, remain.3. To remain as a guest or lodger:lodge, sojourn, visit.4. To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave:abide, bide, linger, pause, tarry, wait.5. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation:arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt, stall, stop, surcease.Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to.6. To put off until a later time:adjourn, defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, suspend, table, waive.Informal: wait.Idiom: put on ice.phrasal verb
stay withTo persevere in some condition, action, or belief:keep, maintain, retain.noun1. The act of stopping:cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, stop, stoppage, surcease.2. A remaining in a place as a guest or lodger:sojourn, visit.3. The act of putting off or the condition of being put off:adjournment, deferment, deferral, delay, postponement, suspension, waiver.

stay²

nounA means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:brace, buttress, crutch, prop, shore, support, underpinning.

Translations

暂住留逗留保持在某处停留

stay

(stei) verb1. to remain (in a place) for a time, eg while travelling, or as a guest etc. We stayed three nights at that hotel / with a friend / in Paris; Aunt Mary is coming to stay (for a fortnight); Would you like to stay for supper?; Stay and watch that television programme. （暂）住，留 2. to remain (in a particular position, place, state or condition). The doctor told her to stay in bed; He never stays long in any job; Stay away from the office till your cold is better; Why won't these socks stay up?; Stay where you are – don't move!; In 1900, people didn't realize that motor cars were here to stay. 保持在某处，呆在... noun a period of staying (in a place etc). We had an overnight stay / a two days' stay in London. 停留（一段时间） stay behind to remain in a place after others have left it. They all left the office at five o'clock, but he stayed behind to finish some work.留下来stay in to remain in one's house etc and not go out of doors. I'm staying in tonight to watch television.呆在家里stay out to remain out of doors and not return to one's house etc. The children mustn't stay out after 9 p.m.呆在户外stay put to remain where placed. Once a child can crawl, he won't stay put for long.呆在原处不动stay up not to go to bed. The children wanted to stay up and watch television. 不睡觉，熬夜

stay

→ 暂住zhCN, 逗留zhCN

I'd like to stay for two nights → 我想住两晚
I want to stay from Monday till Wednesday → 我想从周一住到周三
I want to stay an extra night → 我想再住一晚
How long will it stay fresh? (US)
How long will it keep? (UK) → 能保存多久？
Do I have to stay in bed? → 我必须待在床上吗？
Do I have to stay overnight (US)
Do I have to stay overnight? (UK) → 今晚我必须住在医院吗？

Stay

The act of temporarily stopping a judicial proceeding through the order of a court.

A stay is a suspension of a case or a suspension of a particular proceeding within a case. A judge may grant a stay on the motion of a party to the case or issue a stay sua sponte, without the request of a party. Courts will grant a stay in a case when it is necessary to secure the rights of a party.

There are two main types of stays: a stay of execution and a stay of proceedings. A stay of execution postpones the enforcement of a judgment against a litigant who has lost a case, called the Judgment Debtor. In other words, if a civil litigant wins money damages or some other form of relief, he may not collect the damages or receive the relief if the court issues a stay. Under rule 62 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, every civil judgment is stayed for ten days after it is rendered. An additional stay of execution lasts only for a limited period. It usually is granted when the judgment debtor appeals the case, but a court may grant a stay of execution in any case in which the court feels the stay is necessary to secure or protect the rights of the judgment debtor.

The term stay of execution may also refer to a halt in the execution of a death penalty. This kind of stay of execution normally is granted when a court decides to allow an additional appeal by a condemned prisoner. Such stays of execution may be granted by executives, such as governors or the president of the United States, or by appeals courts.

A stay of proceedings is the stoppage of an entire case or a specific proceeding within a case. This type of stay is issued to postpone a case until a party complies with a court order or procedure. For example, if a party is required to deposit collateral with the court before a case begins, the court may order the proceedings stayed for a certain period of time or until the money or property is delivered to the court. If the party fails to deposit the collateral, the court may cite the party for Contempt of court and impose a fine or order incarceration.

A court may stay a proceeding for a number of reasons. One common reason is that another action is under way that may affect the case or the rights of the parties in the case. For instance, assume that a defendant faces lawsuits from the same plaintiffs in two separate cases involving closely related facts. One case is filed in federal court, and the other case is filed in state court. In this situation one of the courts may issue a stay in deference to the other court. The stay enables the defendant to concentrate on one case at a time.

The term stay may also be used to describe any number of legal measures taken by a legislature to provide temporary relief to debtors. For example, under section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, a debtor who files for bankruptcy receives an automatic stay immediately upon filing a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Used in this sense, the term stay refers to the right of the debtor to keep creditors at bay during the resolution of the bankruptcy case.

Cross-references

Capital Punishment.

stay

n. a court-ordered short-term delay in judicial proceedings to give a losing defendant time to arrange for payment of the judgment or move out of the premises in an unlawful detainer case. (See: stay of execution)

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verb lodge

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verb to be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time

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verb to remain as a guest or lodger

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verb to stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave

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verb to prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation

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verb to put off until a later time

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phrase stay with: to persevere in some condition, action, or belief

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noun the act of stopping

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noun a remaining in a place as a guest or lodger

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noun a means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure

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noun continuing or remaining in a place or state

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noun the state of inactivity following an interruption

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noun a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

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