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

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