Stay
61stay — 1. verb 1) he stayed where he was Syn: remain (behind), wait, linger, stick, be left, hold on, hang on; informal hang around; Brit.; informal hang about 2) they won t stay hidden Syn …
62stay — stop, stay In 19c fiction people frequently stopped with friends (overnight in their house), stopped for dinner, or stopped at home. In modern English we would use stay instead of stop in all these cases. But the older use still survives: • ‘She… …
63stay in — {v. phr.} To remain at home. * /The weather was so bad that we decided to stay in all day./ …
64stay in — {v. phr.} To remain at home. * /The weather was so bad that we decided to stay in all day./ …
65stay on — verb to continue in a place or situation, while others leave. Some of her friends decided it was time to go home, but she wanted to stay on until sunrise …
66stay up — verb a) To remain awake, to not go to bed. My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane. b) To maintain an erection. She stayed up past her bedtime …
67stay — See stay, stop …
68stay at — phr verb Stay at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bedside, ↑hostel, ↑hotel, ↑inn, ↑motel …
69stay by — phr verb Stay by is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bedside …
70stay in — phr verb Stay in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑apartment, ↑caravan, ↑condominium, ↑contact, ↑cottage, ↑flat, ↑hospital, ↑hostel, ↑hotel, ↑inn, ↑lane, ↑ …
