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To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

(copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.

To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

To stop or delay something.

To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

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(obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

(obsolete) To wait for; await.

(obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

(obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.

(obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

(archaic) To come to an end; cease.

(archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

(dated) To make a stand; to stand firm.

To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.

(obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

(used with ''on'' or ''upon'') To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

(colloquial) To live; reside.

Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time. +

(law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

(archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.

A prop; a support.

A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

(in the plural) A corset.

(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

To brace or support with a stay or stays

(nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

(nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

(nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

(dialectal) Steep; ascending.

(dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.

(dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

(dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

(dialectal) Steeply.