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Stay
steɪ
- remain in the same place
"you stay here and I'll be back soon"
- delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)
"why not stay to lunch?"
- remain in a specified state or position
"her ability to stay calm"
- (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
"the girls had gone to stay with friends"
- live permanently
"where do you stay?"
- stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)
"there are some cases the Crown feels so serious they don't want to stay the charges"
postpone put off delay defer put back hold over/off carry over reschedule do later shelve stand over pigeonhole put/hold in abeyance mothball delay slow down slow up hold back set back keep back hold up postpone put back detain decelerate put a brake on retard- assuage (hunger) for a short time
"I grabbed something to stay the pangs of hunger"
- curb; check
"he tries to stay the destructive course of barbarism"
- wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak
"stay, stand apart, I know not which is which"
- support or prop up
"it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?"