Stay

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

   “We stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour.”

2. fiil To continue to have a particular quality.

   “Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.”

3. fiil To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

   “Lord Mayor of London. See, where he stands between two clergymen! Duke of Buckingham. Two props of virtue for a Christian prince, To stay him from the fall of vanity:”

4. fiil To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

   “[…] he has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, as fast as Phoebe could cut it, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute […]”

5. fiil To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

   “Your ships are stay’d at Venice.”

6. fiil To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

   “So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul.”

7. fiil To cause to cease; to put an end to.

   “Now stay your strife […]”

8. fiil To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

   “The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.”

9. fiil To hold the attention of.
10. fiil To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

    “She will not stay the siege of loving terms, Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes,”

11. fiil To wait for; await.

    “My father stays my coming;”

12. fiil To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

    “I stay dinner there.”

13. fiil To rest; depend; rely.

    “Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:”

14. fiil To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
15. fiil To come to an end; cease.

    “That day the storm stayed.”

16. fiil To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

    “Yet not to be wholly silent of all your Charities I must stay a little on one Action, which preferr’d the Relief of Others, to the Consideration of your Self.”

17. fiil To make a stand; to stand firm.
18. fiil To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.

    “That horse stays well.”

19. fiil To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

    “I’ll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.”

20. fiil To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

    “I have a servant comes with me along, That stays upon me […]”

21. isim Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.

    “I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.”

22. isim A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

    “The governor granted a stay of execution.”

23. isim A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

    “stand at a stay”

24. isim A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
25. isim A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
26. isim Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

    “The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king.”

27. isim Hindrance; let; check.

    “They were able to read good authors without any stay, if the book were not false.”

28. isim A prop; a support.

    “My onely strength and stay.”

29. isim A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

    “Where are the stays for my collar?”

30. isim A corset.

    “When Jenny's stays are newly laced.”