stays

/steɪz/ · noun

Meaning

Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
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.
A prop; a support.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
(in the plural) A corset.
A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
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.
A corset.

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