(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady. / (transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time. / (law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

A prop; a support. / A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing. / (in the plural) A corset.

(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

To brace or support with a stay or stays / (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. / (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

(UK dialectal) Steep; ascending. / (UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched. / (UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

(UK dialectal) Steeply.

simple past tense and past participle of stay

present participle of stay

A stay or visit.