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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Stay \Stay\ (st[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stayed (st[=a]d) or
Staid (st[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Staying.] [OF. estayer,
F. ['e]tayer to prop, fr. OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, a prop,
probably fr. OD. stade, staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or
cf. stay a rope to support a mast. Cf. Staid, a., Stay,
v. i.]
1. To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to
hold up; to support.
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Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the
one side, and the other on the other side. --Ex.
xvii. 12.
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Sallows and reeds . . . for vineyards useful found
To stay thy vines. --Dryden.
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2. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to
satisfy in part or for the time.
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He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter,
and it has not staid his stomach for a minute. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist
successfully.
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She will not stay the siege of loving terms,
Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes. --Shak.
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4. To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to
stop; to hold.
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Him backward overthrew and down him stayed
With their rude hands and grisly grapplement.
--Spenser.
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All that may stay their minds from thinking that
true which they heartily wish were false. --Hooker.
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5. To hinder; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
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Your ships are stayed at Venice. --Shak.
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This business staid me in London almost a week.
--Evelyn.
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I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that
appeared to me new. --Locke.
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6. To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. ``I stay dinner
there.'' --Shak.
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7. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
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Stay your strife. --Shak.
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For flattering planets seemed to say
This child should ills of ages stay. --Emerson.
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8. (Engin.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a
flat sheet in a steam boiler.
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9. (Naut.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of
the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
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To stay a mast (Naut.), to incline it forward or aft, or to
one side, by the stays and backstays.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Stayed \Stayed\ (st[=a]d), a.
Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See
Staid. --Bacon. --Pope.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Stay \Stay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stayedor Staid; p. pr. &
vb. n. Staying.] [OF. estayer, F. ['e]tayer to prop, fr.
OF. estai, F. ['e]tai, a prop, probably fr. OD. stade,
staeye, a prop, akin to E. stead; or cf. stay a rope to
support a mast. Cf. Staid, a., Stay, v. i.]
1. To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to
hold up; to support.
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the
one side, and the other on the other side. --Ex.
xvii. 12.
Sallows and reeds . . . for vineyards useful found
To stay thy vines. --Dryden.
2. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to
satisfy in part or for the time.
He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter,
and it has not staid his stomach for a minute. --Sir
W. Scott.
3. To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist
successfully.
She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Nor
bide the encounter of assailing eyes. --Shak.
4. To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to
stop; to hold.
Him backward overthrew and down him stayed With
their rude hands grisly grapplement. --Spenser.
All that may stay their minds from thinking that
true which they heartly wish were false. --Hooker.
5. To hinde?; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
Your ships are stayed at Venice. --Shak.
This business staid me in London almost a week.
--Evelyn.
I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that
appeared to me new. --Locke.
6. To remain for the purpose of; to wait for. ``I stay dinner
there.'' --Shak.
7. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
Stay your strife. --Shak.
For flattering planets seemed to say This child
should ills of ages stay. --Emerson.
8. (Engin.) To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a
flat sheet in a steam boiler.
9. (Naut.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of
the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
To stay a mast (Naut.), to incline it forward or aft, or to
one side, by the stays and backstays.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Stayed \Stayed\, a.
Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See
Staid. --Bacon. Pope.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
alt.
(l en staid) (qualifier: obsolete)
vb.
(infl of en stay ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
alt.
(l en staid) (qualifier: obsolete)
vb.
(infl of en stay ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
alt.
(l en staid) (qualifier: obsolete)
vb.
(infl of en stay ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
alt.
(l en staid) (qualifier: obsolete)
vb.
(infl of en stay ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm s tay ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stayed
Engelska a.
(avledning en stay ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb stay)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Stayed /stˈeɪd/ باقFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
stayed /stˈeɪd/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]zůstal
stayed /stˈeɪd/
aufgehalten, verweilt, geweilt
Synonym: sojourned
see: stay, sojourn, staying, sojourning, stayes, sojourns, stayed, sojourned
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
stayed /stˈeɪd/
hielt sich auf, verweilte, weilte
Synonym: sojourned
see: stay, sojourn, staying, sojourning, stayed, sojourned, stayes, sojourns
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
stayed /stˈeɪd/
ausgesetzt, vorübergehend unterbrochen, sistiert
Synonym: suspended
see: suspend sth., stay sth., suspending, staying, suspend/stay a ruling/proceedings/the execution
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
stayed /stˈeɪd/
geblieben
"I/he/she stayed" - ich/er/sie blieb
"he/she has/had stayed" - er/sie ist/war geblieben
see: stay, staying
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
stayed /stˈeɪd/
dageblieben
"I/he/she stayed" - ich/er/sie blieb da
"he/she has/had stayed" - er/sie ist/war dageblieben
"he/she has/had stayed on" - er/sie ist/war noch dageblieben
Synonyms: stayed behind, remained, stuck around, stayed there, stayed here
see: stay, stay behind, remain, stick around, stay there, stay here, staying, staying behind, remaining, sticking around, staying there, staying here
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈsteɪd/