English Dictionary

stay

/steɪ/

verb

(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.

I stay up late to finish my work.

意味（1）

(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

Lord Mayor of London. See, where he stands between two clergymen!

Duke of Buckingham. Two props of virtue for a Christian prince,

Lord Mayor of London. See, where he stands between two clergymen! Duke of Buckingham. Two props of virtue for a Christian prince, To stay him from the fall of vanity:

意味（2）

(transitive) 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, as fast as Phoebe could cut it, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute […]

意味（3）

(transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

Your ships are stay’d at Venice.

意味（4）

(transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

[…] all that may but with any the least shew of possibility stay their mindes from thinking that true, which they heartily wish were false, but cannot think it so […]

意味（5）

(transitive) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Now stay your strife […]

意味（6）

(transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

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

意味（7）

(transitive) To hold the attention of.

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

She will not stay the siege of loving terms,

She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes,

意味（9）

(transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await.

My father stays my coming;

意味（10）

(transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

I stay dinner there.

意味（11）

(intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.

Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

意味（12）

(intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

意味（13）

(intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease.

That day the storm stayed.

意味（14）

(intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

Yet not to be wholly silent of all your Charities I must stay a little on one Action, which preferr’d the Relief of Others, to the Consideration of your Self.

意味（15）

(intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm.

意味（16）

(intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.

That horse stays well.

意味（17）

(intransitive) 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.

意味（18）

(intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

I’ll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.

意味（19）

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

I have a servant comes with me along,

I have a servant comes with me along, That stays upon me […]

意味（20）

(intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.

Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.

意味（21）

(intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To live; reside

Hey, where do you stay at?