stay

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/steɪ/]

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Senses

1. stay (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A prop; a support.

Example: April 27, 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.

2. stay (noun) — sense 2

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

Example: Where are the stays for my collar?

3. stay (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A corset.

Example: Her figure was tall, yet not too tall; comely and well-developed, yet not fat; her head set on her shoulders with an easy, pliant firmness; her waist, perfection in the eyes of a man, for it occupied its natural place, it filled out its natural circle, it was visibly and delightfully undeformed by stays.

4. stay (particle) — sense 4

Definition: Aspect marker indicating frequency or permanence.

Example: He stay fighting.

Structure of the word

Roots:

steh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: steh₂

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