Look up: stay

1. stay
   [n] - a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted 2. [n] - a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) 3. [n] - (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar 4...
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2. Stay
   A light structural member between two other members providing positional restraint.
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3. stay
   stay means temporary residence Category: Law • A strong rope,generally of wire,forming part of the standing rigging,used as a support for spars and more especially masts. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • an upright bar,of wood or metal...
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4. Stay
   A suspension of court proceedings. This remains in effect until an order has been followed. No action may be taken in the case other than an application to have the stay lifted. A case can also be stayed when an offer of payment is accepted or if the court feels it is necessary
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5. Stay
   Is a judicial order that forbids some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.
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6. Stay
   Stay noun [ Anglo-Saxon stæg , akin to D., G., Icelandic , Swedish , & Danish stag ; confer Old French estai , French étai , of Teutonic origin.] (Nautical) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being ...
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7. Stay
   Stay transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stayed or Staid ; present participle & verbal noun Staying .] [ Old French estayer , French étayer to prop, from O...
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8. Stay
   Stay intransitive verb [ √163. See Stay to hold up, prop.] 1. To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still. « She would command the hasty sun to stay .» Spense...
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9. Stay
   Stay noun [ Confer Old French estai , French étai support, and English stay a rope to support a mast.] 1. That which serves as a prop; a support. 'My only strength and stay .' Milton. « Trees serve as ...
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10. stay
    1. To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support. 'Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.' (Ex. Xvii. 12) 'Sallows and reeds . . . For vineyards useful found To stay thy vines.' (Dryden) ... 2. To support from sin...
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11. stay
    noun continuing or remaining in a place or state; `they had a nice stay in Paris`; `a lengthy hospital stay`; `a four-month stay in bankruptcy court`
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12. stay
    noun (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
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13. stay
    noun a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; `the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court`
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14. stay
    verb continue in a place, position, or situation; `After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser`; `Stay with me, please`; `despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year`; `She continued as deputy mayor for another year`
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15. Stay
    • (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed. • (v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind. • (v. i.) To continue in a state. • (n.) Hindrance; let; check. • (v. i.) To bear up under; to endure; t...
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16. stay
    (from the article `rigging`) The basis of all rigging is the mast, which may be composed of one or many pieces of wood or metal. The mast is supported by stays and shrouds that ...
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17. stay
    stay Related word families intertwined with 'to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach' word units: fix-; pon-; prosth-; the-, thes-.
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18. stay
    A stay is sometimes referred to as a `debt standstill.” It prevents creditors from suing in court to seize the assets of the debtor during the restructuring process....
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19. stay
    a steel wire rope or rod, working under tension, connecting a point of a support to a separate anchor, or connecting two points of the support
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20. stay
    a rod, wire or cable, with a tensioner, to anchor a mast or cantilever
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21. Stay
    a line or wire from the mast to the bow or stern of a ship, for support of the mast (fore, back, running, and triadic stays).
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm
    
    
22. Stay
    (n) Stay is the court order granting status quo till such time to facilitate the recipient to do the required act. For example stay order against retrenchment., stay order against vacating the rented house etc
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23. stay
    n. a court-ordered short-term delay in judicial proceedings to give a losing defendant time to arrange for payment of the judgment or move out of the premises in an unlawful detainer case.
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24. stay
    The fore and aft lines supporting the mast.
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25. Stay
    To not accept any more cards. To Stand.
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