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(verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state; "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" |
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Synonyms: remain, rest |
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Related Words: be, keep, sit tight, stand, stay fresh, stay together, stick together |
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Antonyms: change |
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(verb) stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
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Synonyms: delay, detain |
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Related Words: check, retard |
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(noun) continuing or remaining in a place; "they had a nice stay in Paris" |
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Related Words: act, human action, human activity, layover, sojourn, stop, stopover |
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(verb) fasten with stays |
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Related Words: fasten, fix, secure |
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(verb) stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!" |
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Synonyms: stay put, stick, stick around |
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Related Words: stay in place |
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Antonyms: move |
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(verb) remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children" |
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Antonyms: depart |
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(verb) stop a judicial process: "The judge stayed the execution order" |
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Related Words: block, halt, kibosh, stop |
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(verb) continue in a place, position, or situation: "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" |
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Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on |
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Related Words: abide, be, bide, stay |
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(noun) (nautical) a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar |
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Related Words: backstay, brace, bracing, forestay |
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(noun) a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) |
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Related Words: slip, strip |
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(noun) a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay and injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" |
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Related Words: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript, stay of execution |
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(verb) overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" |
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Synonyms: appease, quell |
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Related Words: fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy |
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(verb) a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" |
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Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out |
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Related Words: outstay |
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(noun) the act of stopping (usually stopping motion); "the heart was in arrest"; "war caused a check in the company's growth"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" |
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Synonyms: arrest, check |
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Related Words: stop, stoppage |
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(verb) dwell (archaic); "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
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Synonyms: abide, bide |
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Related Words: continue, outstay, overstay, remain, stay, stay on |
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(verb) stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
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Synonyms: persist, remain |
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Related Words: linger |
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(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "he spent the entire stay in his room" |
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Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage |
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Related Words: deadlock, impasse, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, logjam, stalemate, standstill |
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