vverb.changestay the same; remain in a certain stateSynset:rest stay
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:change
Derivationally Related Form:stay
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:staybe
Direct Hyponyms:bekeepkeep outsit tightstandstay freshstay togetherstick together
Full Troponyms:bekeepkeep outsit tightstandstick together
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Something ---s Adjective/Noun | Somebody ---s Adjective | John will --- angry (apply to: stay, remain)
vverb.stativecontinue in a place, position, or situationSynset:continue stay stay on
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:staycontinuation
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:staybe
Direct Hyponyms:abidebidehold overstay
Full Troponyms:bidehold overoverstayvisit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.stativebe left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.Examples:- There remains the question of who pulled the trigger
- Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war
Derivationally Related Form:remnantremainder
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:remainbe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativestay behindSynset:persist stay
Examples:- The smell stayed in the room
- The hostility remained long after they made up
Derivationally Related Form:persistent
Inherited Hypernyms:persist
Direct Hyponyms:lingerstick
Full Troponyms:lingerstick
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP