stayed

/steːd/ · verb

Meaning

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 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.

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