English Dictionary

stay

/steɪ/

verb

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.

She stays the ladder against the wall to prevent it from falling.

意味（1）

To brace or support with a stay or stays

stay a mast

意味（2）

(transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

意味（3）

(transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

to stay ship

意味（4）

(intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.