stayed


stayed

continuing or remaining in a place; a judicial order forbidding an action until the order is lifted: stayed the execution
Not to be confused with:staid – sober and sedate; characterized by dignity and propriety: a staid professor

stay 1

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.

stay 2

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.]

stay 3

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.]