A discoloured spot or area. / A blemish on one's character or reputation. / A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

(transitive) To discolour. / To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation / To coat a surface with a stain / (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.

A staircase in the form of a helix.

A flight of stairs; a stairway. / A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell. / A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. / (real estate) To increase one's share in a co-ownership.

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober. / (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Obsolete spelling of stayed

A single step in a staircase. / A series of steps; a staircase.

having a stain / coloured by adding a pigment