stay

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. check, halt, stop; restrain, detain, delay; suspend, defer; support, brace; appease; outlast; linger, tarry, remain; endure, last; dwell, sojourn; stick, stay put; continue. See hindrance, presence, abode, permanence, restraint.Ant., go, leave.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A support]

Syn. prop, hold, truss; see support 2 .

2. [A visit]

Syn. stop, sojourn, halt; see visit .

v.

Syn. wait, tarry, linger, sojourn; see visit 2 , wait 1 .

See Synonym Study at wait .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. stop stopover, holiday, visit, sojourn.

2. postponement delay, suspension, deferment, reprieve.

II

v.

1. stop halt, freeze, remain, wait, abide, pause.

2. visit stop over, sojourn, lodge, live, dwell, reside.

3. continue endure, last, persist, abide.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of stopping: cessation, check, cut-off, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt1, stop, stoppage, surcease. See CONTINUE. 2. A remaining in a place as a guest or lodger: sojourn, visit. See PLACE. 3. The act of putting off or the condition of being put off: adjournment, deferment, deferral, delay, postponement, suspension, waiver. See TIME.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To continue to be in a place: abide, bide, linger, remain, tarry, wait. Informal: stick around. Idiom: stay put. See CONTINUE. 2. To be in existence or in a certain state for an indefinitely long time: abide, continue, endure, go on, hold out, last2, persist, remain. See CONTINUE. 3. To remain as a guest or lodger: lodge, sojourn, visit. See PLACE. 4. To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave: abide, bide, linger, pause, tarry, wait. See CONTINUE. 5. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt1, stall1, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See CONTINUE. 6. To put off until a later time: adjourn, defer1, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, remit, shelve, suspend, table, waive. Informal: wait. Idiom: put on ice. See DO.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure: brace, buttress, crutch, prop, shore, support, underpinning. See SUPPORT.