Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
"they had a nice stay in Paris"
"a lengthy hospital stay"
"a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"
verb
Sense 2
"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"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 3
"The judge stayed the execution order"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"I had to stay at home and watch the children"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 5
"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"
"Stay put in the corner here!"
"Stick around and you will learn something!"
Opposites:
move
Type of:
stay in place
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 6
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 7
"Please stay the bloodshed!"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 8
"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"
Opposites:
change
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
noun
Sense 9
"the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
Kinds of:
stay of execution
noun
Sense 10
noun
Sense 11
verb
Sense 12
"quell my hunger"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 13
"ride out the storm"
Kinds of:
outstay
Derived:
stayer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 14
"You can stay with me while you are in town"
"stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 15
"The smell stayed in the room"
"The hostility remained long after they made up"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun
Sense 16
"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"
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
16
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
82
Times Searched
3
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