Definitions
How to pronounce stay:
Stay - as a noun
Continuing or remaining in a place or state
Example: "They had a nice stay in paris"
The state of inactivity following an interruption
Example: "The negotiations were in arrest"
A judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
Example: "The supreme court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole court"
A thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
Stay - as a verb
Stay the same; remain in a certain state
Example: "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
Stay put (in a certain place)
Example: "We are staying in detroit; we are not moving to cincinnati"
Dwell
Example: "You can stay with me while you are in town"
Continue in a place, position, or situation
Example: "After graduation, she stayed on in cambridge as a student adviser"
Remain behind
Example: "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
Stay behind
Example: "The smell stayed in the room"
Hang on during a trial of endurance
Example: "Ride out the storm"
Stop a judicial process
Example: "The judge stayed the execution order"
Fasten with stays
Stay - as an adjective
Steep; ascending.
(of a roof) steeply pitched.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Stay - as an adverb
Steeply.
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
STAY has a SCRABBLE points total of 7.
STAY has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 6.
STAY has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
