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Stays Definition

(verb)
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remain in the same place


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you stay here and I'll be back soon

Jenny decided to stay at home with their young child

he stayed with the firm as a consultant

(verb)
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remain in a specified state or position


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her ability to stay calm

tactics used to stay in power

I managed to stay out of trouble

(verb)
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(of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest


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the girls had gone to stay with friends

Minton invited him to stay the night

(verb)
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stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)


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there are some cases the Crown feels so serious they don't want to stay the charges

(verb)
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support or prop up


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it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?

(noun)
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a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest


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an overnight stay at a luxury hotel

(noun)
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a curb or check


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there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom

(noun)
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a device used as a brace or support


(noun)
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power of endurance


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some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them

(noun)
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a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to another part of the ship


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I eased off on the line while Patrick took up the tension on the side stays

the lack of stays to stiffen the masts leaves them with springiness

(verb)
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secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays


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we stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard

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