What is the meaning of Stay?

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

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.

  1. To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
  2. To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
  3. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
  4. To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

    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.

    To hold the attention of. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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

    To wait for; await.

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

    To rest; depend; rely.

    To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

    To come to an end; cease.

    To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

    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.

    To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

    To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

    To live; reside

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

    A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

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

    A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

    A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

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

    Hindrance; let; check.

    A prop; a support.

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

    A corset.

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

    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

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

    To tack; put on the other tack.

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

    Steep; ascending.

    Steeply pitched.

    Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

    Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

    Steeply.

    A stay (rope).

    Source: wiktionary.org