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— English words —

• stay v. (Transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
• stay v. (Transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
• stay v. (Transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
• stay v. (Transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
• stay v. (Transitive) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
• stay v. (Transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
• stay v. (Transitive) To hold the attention of. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
• stay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
• stay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await.
• stay v. (Transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (A meal, ceremony etc.).
• stay v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely.
• stay v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
• stay v. (Intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease.
• stay v. (Intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
• stay v. (Intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm.
• stay v. (Intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
• stay v. (Intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
• stay v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
• stay v. (Intransitive, obsolete, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
• stay v. (Intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.
• stay v. (Intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, US South, AAVE, colloquial) To live; reside.
• stay n. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
• stay n. (Law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
• stay n. (Archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
• stay n. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
• stay n. (Nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
• stay n. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
• stay n. (Obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
• stay n. A prop; a support.
• stay n. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
• stay n. (In the plural) A corset.
• stay n. (Archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
• stay n. (Nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other…
• stay n. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole…
• stay n. The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
• stay v. To brace or support with a stay or stays.
• stay v. (Transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
• stay v. (Transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
• stay v. (Intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
• stay adj. (UK dialectal) Steep; ascending.
• stay adj. (UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
• stay adj. (UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
• stay adj. (UK dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
• stay adv. (UK dialectal) Steeply.
• Stay prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • stay n. (Nautical) A stay (rope).

— English words, defined in German —

• stay V. Bleiben.
• stay V. Stay with somebody: bei jemandem übernachten.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• stay w. Blijven, verblijven.
• stay n. (Scheepvaart) stag.

— English words, defined in French —

• stay v. Demeurer, loger.
• stay v. Rester.
• stay v. (Transitif) (Vieilli) Retenir.
• stay n. Séjour, fait de rester quelque part.
• stay n. (Marine) Étai, cordage de navire pour soutenir les mâts.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• stay s. Parada.
• stay s. Residencia temporal, estancia.
• stay s. Aplazamiento, suspensión.
• stay v. Pasar.
• stay v. Permanecer.
• stay v. Detener, frenar.
• stay v. Aplazar, suspender.
• stay v. Apaciguar, contener.
• stay v. Quedarse.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• stay v. Ficar.

238 English words from 46 English definitions

AAVE abide abode about access action addition Africa aft against anchorage and another anything archaic ascending as␣in attendance attendant attention await back bear bear␣up being brace break bridge by␣means␣of cable cause caution cease ceremonious ceremony cessation chain chain␣cable change check clasp clothing colloquial come come␣to come␣to␣an␣end contest Continuance continue copulative corset dated defer definite delay depend detain dialectal Difficult down down␣to dwell easy end endure especially etc execution expectation fastening firm fixed fixedness for forward from garment give go␣about guy halt hang haughty have hinder Hindrance hold hold␣out hold␣up hook incline indefinite India indicative in␣part Intransitive keep keep␣back last Law leading let linger link live make make␣a␣stand mast masthead material meal means moderation motion nautical negotiate not obsolete of␣a of␣an off one one␣side on␣the other out part particular passion patience period period␣of␣time permanence persevere piece piece␣of␣clothing pitched place plastic platform plural pole postpone postponement power present progress prop proud prudence punishment purpose put put␣an␣end␣to put␣off put␣on quality quotations race rely remain reserved reside resist rest restrain Restraint roof rope satisfy Scotland sheer ship short show side sinking sobriety sojourn some sought South South␣Africa spent stability stabilizing stand stand␣firm standstill state station stay staying staying␣power stays steadiness steady Steep Steeply stiff stiffen stop strength strong submissive such such␣as support supporting surname sustain tack take take␣part tarry tentpole the thing this time To␣come to␣the Transitive transverse unbending under upon upright usage used used␣to vessels wait wait␣for whalebone wire with withhold

16 English words from 19 foreign definitions

cordage estancia fait les Marine Parada part pour Residencia rester somebody stag Stay suspender temporal with

29 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Apaciguar Aplazar bei Bleiben Blijven contener Demeurer Detener Étai Ficar frenar jemandem loger mâts navire Pasar Permanecer Quedarse quelque quelque␣part Retenir Scheepvaart Séjour soutenir suspensión Transitif übernachten verblijven Vieilli

131 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

stay'd stays Stays stayed stayer Stayer stay␣in stayne stay␣on stayre stay␣up staycay stayers Stayers stayest stayeth staying Stayman stay␣mum stayned staynes stayout stay␣out stay␣put stayres stays␣in stays␣on stays␣up Stayton stayable stayaway stay␣back staybolt staycate staycays stayed␣in stayedly stayed␣up stayfall stayings staylace stay-lace stayless Staymans stayning stayouts stayover stay␣over staysail stays␣put +81 words

68 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unstays upstays bobstays misstays outstays unstayed upstayed babystays backstays buckstays East␣Ayton farmstays forestays gainstays headstays homestays jackstays mainstays miss␣stays misstayed outstayed outstayer overstays seatstays seat␣stays unstaying upstaying West␣Ayton withstays abackstays chainstays chain␣stays forestayed gainstayed homestayer misstaying outstayers outstaying overstayal overstayed overstayer perch␣stays storm␣stays unstayable withstayed forestaying funnel␣stays gainstaying homestayers overstayals +18 words

35 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

astay bestay unstay upstay bobstay jibstay misstay outstay Prystay babystay backstay buckstay farmstay forestay gainstay headstay homestay jackstay mainstay overstay seatstay seat␣stay withstay chainstay chain␣stay multistay pay-to-stay pay␣to␣stay perch␣stay storm␣stay funnel␣stay here␣to␣stay spring␣stay triatic␣stay gay␣for␣the␣stay

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

sta Sta STA Sta. tay Tay

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ats ATs ATS at's yat Yat yats Yats

5 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

SAYT tays Tsay yats Yats

76 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

adyts Ansty antsy artsy asity astay as␣yet ayats Aytos Batys bayts hasty Hasty kyats layst masty mayst may'st nasty Nasty -nasty pasty patsy Patsy salty Santy satay sat␣by Satya satyr sayst say'st sayth slaty stacy Stacy stagy stary stay'd stays Stays St␣Day stray Styal styca Tacys tansy Tansy tasky tasty +26 words

43 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ast Ast AST -ast as't ats ATs ATS at's ays AYs AYT sat Sat SAT sat. Sat. S.A.T. S.␣A.␣T. say sta Sta STA Sta. sty tas Tas TAs TAS Tas. TA's T.A.s tay Tay TSA T(S/A) TYs yas Yas yat Yat YTA YTS

38 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

otay Seay shay Shay slay Slay Smay Snay Soay spay stab STAB stag Stai stam Stam stan Stan 'stan -stan stan' 'Stan -Stan stap star Star stas STAS stat -stat stau staw StAX stey Stoy suay sway Sway

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

say sta Sta STA Sta. sty tay Tay

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

satay stacy Stacy stagy stary St␣Day stray

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