stay¹ /stā/

1. To remain, continue to be, in a place, position or condition
2. To reside temporarily, as in stay at a hotel
3. To live, dwell (Scot and S Afr)
4. To wait in order to participate in or be present at
5. To pause, wait, tarry
6. To be kept waiting
7. To wait, attend as a servant (Shakespeare)
8. To stop, cease, desist (archaic)
9. To stand firm (archaic)
10. To hold out, last, endure
11. (in a race, etc) to maintain one's pace over a long distance
12. To keep pace or keep up (with with)
13. (in poker) to match a bet in order to stay in the game

1. To reside, remain for a specific period, as in stay for a week
2. To hold, restrain, check the action of
3. To delay or hinder
4. To stop, suspend, discontinue or postpone (judgement, proceedings, etc)
5. To hold in abeyance
6. To endure or remain to the end
7. To satisfy, appease or allay
8. To quell, suppress (archaic)
9. To stop for, be stopped by (archaic)
10. To detain (archaic)
11. To await (archaic)

1. (a period of) staying, temporary residence
2. A visit
3. A sojourn
4. A suspension or postponement of legal proceedings
5. A check or restraint
6. The act of stopping or being stopped
7. Staying power, endurance
8. An obstacle (obsolete)
9. A permanent state (obsolete)

stayˈer noun

A person or animal (esp a horse or greyhound) of good lasting or staying qualities for a race

stayˈ-at-home adjective

1. Keeping much at home
2. Tending or preferring to stay at home, in one's own area or country
3. Untravelled, unadventurous

noun

A stay-at-home person

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