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Vinony

stay

noun

  1. something that supports or steadies something else; prop
L1452545 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to support, strengthen or secure with stays
L1452546 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. to secure or steady by means of stays
L1452547 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. action of staying/remaining in a place
  2. the act or process of postponing, temporarily suspending or preventing by judicial or executive order
L18521 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. heavy rope, wire, or rod on a sailing vessel that runs from a mast to the hull
L328465 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. remain in a given condition; continue
  2. make a stand; stand firm
  3. to remain in a place
  4. to postpone, temporarily suspend, or prevent by judicial or executive order
L5331 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /steɪ/ / /ste/ / /stei/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty.

  1. Steep; ascending.

    “The Castle of Edr. is naturally a great strenth situate upon the top of a high Rock perpendicular on all sides, except on the entry from the burgh, which is a stay ascent and is well fortified with strong Walls, three gates each one within another, with Drawbridges, and all necessary fortifications.”

  2. (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
  3. Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
  4. Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

adv

Etymology: From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty.

  1. Steeply.

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”).

  1. A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
  2. 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 engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.”

  3. The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

particle

Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, estaie (“a prop, a stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade ("a prop, stay, help, aid"; compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Old Dutch *stad (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). See above.

  1. Aspect marker indicating frequency or permanence.

    “He stay fighting.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *stag, from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”).

  1. To brace or support with a stay or stays

    “stay a mast”

  2. To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
  3. To tack; put on the other tack.

    “to stay ship”

  4. To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.