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stay

continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

stay the same; remain in a certain state; "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"

stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"

fasten with stays

stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"

stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"

continue in a place, position, or situation; "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"

Synonyms:

• abandon,
• abeyance,
• abide,
• abort,
• adhere,
• adjourn,
• advocate,
• afford support,
• afterthought,
• agglomerate,
• alpenstock,
• amnesty,
• anchor,
• arm,
• arrest,
• arrestation,
• athletic supporter,
• await,
• back,
• back up,
• backbone,
• backing,
• backpedal,
• backwater,
• bandeau,
• bar,
• be still,
• bear,
• bear up,
• bearer,
• bearing rein,
• belay,
• bell,
• berth,
• bide,
• bide the issue,
• billet at,
• bind,
• bit,
• bivouac,
• block,
• block up,
• blockade,
• blockage,
• bolster,
• bolster up,
• bottom,
• bra,
• brace,
• bracer,
• bracket,
• brake,
• brassiere,
• break,
• breath,
• breather,
• breathing place,
• breathing space,
• breathing spell,
• breathing time,
• bring to,
• bring up short,
• bunch,
• bung,
• bunk,
• buoy up,
• bureaucratic delay,
• burrow,
• buttress,
• cable,
• caesura,
• camp,
• cancel,
• cane,
• carrier,
• carry,
• carry on,
• caulk,
• cease,
• cease not,
• cease-fire,
• cervix,
• chain,
• check,
• checkmate,
• checkrein,
• chink,
• chock,
• choke,
• choke off,
• choke up,
• cigarette break,
• clasp,
• cleave,
• clinch,
• cling,
• cling to,
• clip the wings,
• clog,
• clog up,
• clot,
• cluster,
• coagulate,
• coast,
• cocktail hour,
• coffee break,
• cohabit,
• cohere,
• colonize,
• column,
• come to anchor,
• confine,
• congeal,
• congest,
• conglomerate,
• constipate,
• continue,
• continue to be,
• cork,
• corselet,
• corset,
• countercheck,
• cover,
• cradle,
• crook,
• crutch,
• curb,
• curb bit,
• cushion,
• cut it out,
• cut short,
• cutoff,
• dally,
• dam,
• dam up,
• damper,
• dawdle,
• day off,
• dead stop,
• deadlock,
• debarment,
• decelerate,
• defeat time,
• defer,
• deferment,
• deferral,
• defy time,
• delay,
• delayage,
• delayed reaction,
• desist,
• detain,
• detention,
• deter,
• determent,
• deterrence,
• dillydally,
• discontinuance,
• discontinuation,
• discontinue,
• discourage,
• discouragement,
• domesticate,
• domicile,
• domiciliate,
• doorstop,
• doss down,
• double take,
• downtime,
• drag,
• drag on,
• drag out,
• drag sail,
• dragging,
• draw rein,
• drift anchor,
• drift sail,
• drogue,
• drop,
• drop anchor,
• drop it,
• dwell,
• ease off,
• ease up,
• embrace,
• end,
• endgame,
• ending,
• endure,
• enforced respite,
• ensconce,
• establish,
• establish residence,
• estoppel,
• exemption,
• exist,
• extend,
• fetter,
• fill,
• fill up,
• final whistle,
• foil,
• forbiddance,
• foreclosure,
• forestalling,
• forestay,
• foul,
• found,
• foundation garment,
• freeze,
• freeze to,
• fulcrum,
• full stop,
• gird,
• girdle,
• give over,
• give support,
• go along,
• go on,
• grasp,
• grinding halt,
• ground,
• grow together,
• gun,
• guy,
• guywire,
• halt,
• hamper,
• hang,
• hang about,
• hang around,
• hang fire,
• hang on,
• hang out,
• hang together,
• hang up,
• hang-up,
• happy hour,
• have done with,
• hesitation,
• hinder,
• hindrance,
• hive,
• hold,
• hold back,
• hold everything,
• hold in check,
• hold off,
• hold on,
• hold out,
• hold over,
• hold steady,
• hold together,
• hold up,
• hold your horses,
• holdback,
• holdup,
• holiday,
• hug,
• immunity,
• impede,
• impunity,
• indemnity,
• inhabit,
• interim,
• interlude,
• intermezzo,
• intermission,
• intermittence,
• interrupt,
• interruption,
• interval,
• jam,
• jock,
• jockstrap,
• jog on,
• keep,
• keep afloat,
• keep back,
• keep going,
• keep house,
• keep on,
• keep quiet,
• keep up,
• knock it off,
• lag,
• lagging,
• lapse,
• last,
• last long,
• last out,
• lay aside,
• lay by,
• lay off,
• lay over,
• layoff,
• layover,
• leave off,
• lend support,
• let down,
• let up,
• letup,
• lie still,
• line,
• linger,
• live,
• live at,
• live on,
• live through,
• locate,
• lockout,
• lodge,
• logjam,
• loiter,
• lose ground,
• lose momentum,
• lose speed,
• lull,
• mainstay,
• maintain,
• maintainer,
• make late,
• mark time,
• martingale,
• mass,
• mast,
• moderate,
• moor,
• moratorium,
• move,
• neck,
• nest,
• never cease,
• nolle prosequi,
• non prosequitur,
• nonprosecution,
• not breathe,
• not stir,
• obstipate,
• obstruct,
• obstruction,
• obviation,
• occupy,
• pack,
• paperasserie,
• park,
• pause,
• pelham,
• people,
• perch,
• perdure,
• perennate,
• persist,
• pigeonhole,
• pillow,
• plug,
• plug up,
• populate,
• postpone,
• postponement,
• preclusion,
• predicate,
• prevail,
• prevent,
• prevention,
• procrastinate,
• prohibition,
• prolong,
• prop,
• prorogate,
• prorogue,
• protract,
• pull up,
• push aside,
• put aside,
• put off,
• put on ice,
• put paid to,
• quit,
• recess,
• red tape,
• red-tapeism,
• red-tapery,
• reef,
• refrain,
• rein in,
• reinforce,
• reinforcement,
• reinforcer,
• relax,
• relinquish,
• relocate,
• remain,
• remain motionless,
• remission,
• remora,
• renounce,
• repose,
• reprieve,
• reserve,
• reside,
• respite,
• rest,
• resting place,
• retard,
• retardance,
• retardation,
• rigging,
• room,
• roost,
• rope,
• run,
• run on,
• scotch,
• scrub,
• sea anchor,
• secure,
• set,
• set aside,
• set back,
• set by,
• set up housekeeping,
• set up shop,
• settle,
• settle down,
• shackle,
• shelve,
• shift off,
• shore,
• shore up,
• shoulder,
• shroud,
• sit down,
• sit tight,
• sit up,
• sit up for,
• sit-down strike,
• slack off,
• slack up,
• slacken,
• sleep on,
• slog on,
• slow,
• slow down,
• slow up,
• slow-up,
• slowdown,
• slowness,
• snaffle,
• sojourn,
• sojournment,
• solidify,
• spell,
• spile,
• spine,
• spoke,
• sprit,
• squat,
• staff,
• stagger on,
• stalemate,
• stall,
• stanch,
• stand,
• stand fast,
• stand firm,
• stand over,
• stand still,
• stand-down,
• standing rigging,
• standoff,
• standstill,
• stave,
• stave off,
• stay at,
• stay of execution,
• stay on,
• stay over,
• stay put,
• stay up,
• stay up for,
• stayover,
• stays,
• stem,
• stem the tide,
• stench,
• stick,
• stick around,
• stick fast,
• stick together,
• stiffener,
• stillstand,
• stop,
• stop cold,
• stop dead,
• stop over,
• stop short,
• stop up,
• stop-off,
• stopover,
• stoppage,
• stopper,
• stopping,
• stopple,
• strengthen,
• strengthener,
• stretch out,
• strike,
• strike root,
• stuff,
• stuff up,
• stymie,
• subsidize,
• subsist,
• subvention,
• support,
• supporter,
• surcease,
• survive,
• suspend,
• suspension,
• sustain,
• sustainer,
• sweat,
• sweat it out,
• sweat out,
• table,
• take a recess,
• take hold of,
• take in sail,
• take residence at,
• take root,
• take time,
• take up residence,
• tarry,
• tea break,
• tenant,
• terminate,
• throttle down,
• thwart,
• tide over,
• tie-up,
• time lag,
• time out,
• trammel,
• tread water,
• truce,
• underbrace,
• undergird,
• underlie,
• underpin,
• underpinning,
• underset,
• upbear,
• uphold,
• upholder,
• upkeep,
• vacation,
• visit,
• wait,
• wait a minute,
• wait and see,
• wait for,
• wait on,
• wait up for,
• waive,
• walking stick,
• walkout,
• watch,
• watch and wait,
• wear,
• work stoppage