stay

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

“I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.”

A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

“The governor granted a stay of execution.”

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

“stand at a stay”

A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

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

Hindrance; let; check.

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; 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.

“The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.”

To hold the attention of.

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.

“That day the storm stayed.”

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.

“That horse stays well.”

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

“We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour.”

To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

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

To continue to have a particular quality.

“Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.”

To live; reside

“Hey, where do you stay at?”

A prop; a support.

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

“Where are the stays for my collar?”

(in the plural) 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 engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.”

The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

To brace or support with a stay or stays

“stay a mast”

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

To tack; put on the other tack.

“to stay ship”

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

Steep; ascending.

(of a roof) Steeply pitched.

Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

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

Steeply.