What is the meaning of stay?

noun

• Continuing or remaining in a place or state.
  • usage: "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
• The state of inactivity following an interruption.
  • usage: "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
  • synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage
• A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.
  • usage: "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
• A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e. G. A corset. )
• Nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar. (

verb

• Stay the same; remain in a certain state.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: remain, rest
• Stay put (in a certain place. )
  • usage: "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here"; "Stick around and you will learn something"
  • synonyms: stick, stick around, stay put
• Dwell.
  • usage: "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer-the day is still young"
  • synonyms: bide, abide
• Continue in a place, position, or situation.
  • usage: "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: stay on, continue, remain
• Remain behind.
  • usage: "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
• Stop or halt.
  • usage: "Please stay the bloodshed"
  • synonyms: detain, delay
• Stay behind.
  • usage: "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
  • synonyms: persist, remain
• Hang on during a trial of endurance.
  • usage: "ride out the storm"
  • synonyms: last out, ride out, outride
• Stop a judicial process.
  • usage: "The judge stayed the execution order"
• Fasten with stays.
• Overcome or allay.
  • usage: "quell my hunger"
  • synonyms: quell, appease