Definition of stays

"stays" in the noun sense

1. stay

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"

2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

the state of inactivity following an interruption

"the negotiations were in arrest"

"held them in check"

"during the halt he got some lunch"

"the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"

"he spent the entire stop in his seat"

3. stay

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"

4. stay

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

5. stay

nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

"stays" in the verb sense

1. stay, remain, rest

stay the same remain in a certain state

"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"

"rest assured"

"stay alone"

"He remained unmoved by her tears"

"The bad weather continued for another week"

2. stay, stick, stick around, stay put

stay put (in a certain place we are not moving to Cincinnati"

"We are staying in Detroit

"Stay put in the corner here!"

"Stick around and you will learn something!"

3. bide, abide, stay

dwell

"You can stay with me while you are in town"

"stay a bit longer

4. stay, stay on, continue, remain

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"

5. stay

remain behind

"I had to stay at home and watch the children"

6. stay, detain, delay

stop or halt

"Please stay the bloodshed!"

7. persist, remain, stay

stay behind

"The smell stayed in the room"

"The hostility remained long after they made up"

8. last out, stay, ride out, outride

hang on during a trial of endurance

"ride out the storm"

9. stay

stop a judicial process

"The judge stayed the execution order"

10. stay

fasten with stays

11. quell, stay, appease

overcome or allay

"quell my hunger"

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Quotations for stays

He that stays does the business. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

God stays long, but strikes at last. [ Proverb ]

The glorious sun
Stays in his course and plays the alchemist,
Turning with splendor of his precious eye
The meager cloddy earth to glittering gold. [ William Shakespeare ]

The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees.
Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees.
Three centuries he grows, and three he stays
Supreme in state; and in three more decays. [ Dryden ]

He that stays in the valley shall never get over the hill. [ Proverb ]

It is a foolish bird that stays the laying salt upon her tail. [ Proverb ]

He that falls into the dirt, the longer he stays there the fouler he is. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

In this world of change, nought which comes stays, and nought which goes is lost. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us. Love is God. [ Lew Wallace ]

At first one omits writing for a little while; and then one stays a little while to consider of excuses; and at last it grows desperate, and one does not write at all. [ Swift ]

With the dead there is no rivalry. In the dead there is no change. Plato is never sullen. Cervantes is never petulant. Demosthenes never comes unseasonably. Dante never stays too long. [ Macaulay ]

stays in Scrabble®

The word stays is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters stays:

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stays in Words With Friends™

The word stays is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of stays

2 letter words in stays (5 words)

3 letter words in stays (5 words)

4 letter words in stays (2 words)

5 letter words in stays (1 word)

stays + 1 blank (4 words)

stays + 2 blanks (6 words)

Words containing the sequence stays

Words that start with stays (3 words)

Words with stays in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving stays

Shorter words in stays

ay ays

ay stay

ta stay

Longer words containing stays

backstays

forestays

jackstays

mainstays

outstays

overstays

sandstays

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