DICTOMETER

STAY

(stay, estacionamiento, estadía, estancia, quedar, quedarse, bardun, forbli, hinder, opphold, oppholdssted, opphør, stag, stanse, være igjen)

1. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • continuing or remaining in a place or state
   Examples:
   • They had a nice stay in Paris
   • A lengthy hospital stay
   • A four-month stay in bankruptcy court
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Arrest
   • Check
   • Halt
   • Hitch
   • Stay
   • Stop
   • Stoppage
   Definitions:
   • the state of inactivity following an interruption
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
   Examples:
   • The Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   • Remain
   • Rest
   Definitions:
   • stay the same
   • remain in a certain state
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   change
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   • Stick
   • Stick around
   • Stay put
   Definitions:
   • stay put (in a certain place)
   Examples:
   • We are staying in Detroit
   • We are not moving to Cincinnati
   • Stay put in the corner here!
   • Stick around and you will learn something!
   Antonyms:
   move
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Bide
   • Abide
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • dwell
   Examples:
   • You can stay with me while you are in town
   • Stay a bit longer
   Antonyms:
   depart, take leave, quit
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   • Stay on
   • Continue
   • Remain
   Definitions:
   • continue in a place, position, or situation
   Examples:
   • 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
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • remain behind
   Examples:
   • I had to stay at home and watch the children
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   • Detain
   • Delay
   Definitions:
   • stop or halt
   Examples:
   • Please stay the bloodshed!
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Persist
   • Remain
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • stay behind
   Examples:
   • The smell stayed in the room
   • The hostility remained long after they made up
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Last out
   • Stay
   • Ride out
   • Outride
   Definitions:
   • hang on during a trial of endurance
   Examples:
   • Ride out the storm
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Stay
   Definitions:
   • stop a judicial process
   Examples:
   • The judge stayed the execution order
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Stay
    Definitions:
    • fasten with stays
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Quell
    • Stay
    • Appease
    Definitions:
    • overcome or allay
    Examples:
    • Quell my hunger