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English noun: stay | |||
| 1. | stay (act) continuing or remaining in a place or state | ||
| Samples | They had a nice stay in Paris. A lengthy hospital stay. A four-month stay in bankruptcy court. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | layover, sojourn, stop, stopover, visit | ||
| 2. | stay (state) the state of inactivity following an interruption | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | countercheck, logjam | ||
| 3. | stay (communication) a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted | ||
| Samples | The Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | stay of execution | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 4. | stay (artifact) a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | slip, strip | ||
| 5. | stay (artifact) (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brace, bracing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backstay, forestay | ||
| Domain category | navigation, sailing, seafaring | ||
English verb: stay | |||
| 1. | stay (change) stay the same; remain in a certain state | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | John will stay angry | ||
| Synonyms | remain, rest | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | be, keep, keep out, sit tight, stand, stay fresh, stay together, stick together | ||
| Antonyms | change | ||
| 2. | stay (motion) stay put (in a certain place) | ||
| Samples | 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 | stay put, stick, stick around | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stay in place | ||
| Antonyms | move | ||
| 3. | stay (stative) dwell | ||
| Samples | You can stay with me while you are in town. Stay a bit longer--the day is still young. | ||
| Synonyms | abide, bide | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | continue, remain, stay, stay on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | outstay, overstay, visit | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| 4. | stay (stative) continue in a place, position, or situation | ||
| Samples | 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 | continue, remain, stay on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abide, bide, hold over, stay | ||
| 5. | stay (motion) remain behind | ||
| Samples | I had to stay at home and watch the children. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Antonyms | take leave, quit, depart | ||
| 6. | stay (change) stop or halt | ||
| Samples | Please stay the bloodshed!. | ||
| Synonyms | delay, detain | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check, delay, retard | ||
| 7. | stay (stative) stay behind | ||
| Samples | The smell stayed in the room. The hostility remained long after they made up. | ||
| Synonyms | persist, remain | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | linger, stick | ||
| 8. | stay (stative) hang on during a trial of endurance | ||
| Samples | Ride out the storm. | ||
| Synonyms | last out, outride, ride out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | outstay | ||
| 9. | stay (social) stop a judicial process | ||
| Samples | The judge stayed the execution order. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | block, halt, kibosh, stop | ||
| 10. | stay (contact) fasten with stays | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
| 11. | stay (consumption) overcome or allay | ||
| Samples | Quell my hunger. | ||
| Synonyms | appease, quell | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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