Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Hindrance; let; check.
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.
A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To hold the attention of.
To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
To wait for; await.
To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
To rest; depend; rely.
To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
To come to an end; cease.
To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
To make a stand; to stand firm.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
(used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
To continue to have a particular quality.
To live; reside
To brace or support with a stay or stays
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To tack; put on the other tack.
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
Steep; ascending.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Steeply.