stay

stay¹ W1S1 [steı] v

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1¦(in a place)¦

2¦(in a condition)¦

3¦(live somewhere)¦

4 stay put

5 be here to stay

6 stay after (school)

7 stay the course

8 stay tuned

9 stay!

10 stay somebody's hand

11 stay an order/ruling/execution etc

Phrasal verbs

　stay in

　stay on

　stay out

　stay up

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[Date: 1400-1500; : Old French; Origin: ester 'to stand, stay', from Latin stare]

1.) ¦(IN A PLACE)¦

to remain in a place rather than leave

▪ They stayed all afternoon, chatting.

stay (at) home

▪ I decided to stay home.

stay for a year/ten minutes/a week etc

▪ Isabel stayed for a year in Paris to study.

stay in

▪ Stay in bed and drink plenty of liquids.

▪ She stayed late to finish the report.

stay here/there

▪ Stay right there! I'll be back in a minute.

stay to dinner/stay for lunch etc

▪ Why don't you stay for supper?

stay behind/after

▪ Some of the students stayed after class to talk (=remained after others had gone) .

stay and do sth

▪ I should stay and help.

2.) ¦(IN A CONDITION)¦ [I always + adverb/preposition, linking verb]

to continue to be in a particular position, place, or state, without changing

= ↑remain

▪ Rollings will stay as chairman this year.

stay adj

▪ Eat right to stay healthy.

▪ It was hard to stay awake.

▪ Nine women gained weight, and four stayed the same .

stay away/in/on etc

▪ Stay away from my daughter!

▪ You stay on this road for a mile before turning off.

stay around

▪ Most of her boyfriends don't stay around (=stay with her) very long.

3.) ¦(LIVE SOMEWHERE)¦ [I]

to live in a place for a short time as a visitor or guest

▪ How long are they going to stay?

stay at/with

▪ My mother is staying with us this week.

stay in

▪ They're staying in the same hotel.

stay the night/stay overnight/stay over

(=stay from one evening to the next day)

▪ Did you stay the night at Carolyn's?

4.) stay put

[i]spoken to remain in one place and not move

▪ Stay put until I get back.

5.) be here to stay

to become accepted and used by most people

▪ Professional women's basketball is here to stay.

6.) stay after (school)

to remain at school after the day's classes are finished, often as a punishment

7.) stay the course informal

to finish something in spite of difficulties

▪ Dieters should try hard to stay the course.

8.) stay tuned

a) to continue watching or listening to the same television ↑channel or radio station

b) used to say that you should look or listen for more information about a particular subject at a later time

▪ The project is still under discussion, so stay tuned.

9.) stay!

used to tell a dog not to move

10.) stay sb's hand

literary to stop someone from doing something

11.) stay an order/ruling/execution etc

law if a judge stays an order, ruling etc, they stop a particular decision from being used or a particular action from happening

→stay in touch at ↑touch² (4)

stay in phr vto spend the evening at home rather than go out

▪ I was tired, so I decided to stay in.

stay on phr v

to continue to do a job or to study after the usual or expected time for leaving

▪ He resigned as chairman, but stayed on as an instructor.

stay out phr v

1.) to remain away from home during the evening or night

▪ He started staying out late , drinking.

2.) stay out of sth

spoken to not get involved in an argument or fight

▪ You stay out of it . It's none of your business.

stay up phr v

to not go to bed at the time you would normally go to bed

▪ We stayed up all night, talking.

▪ I let the kids stay up late on Fridays.

stay ²

stay² n

1.) [C usually singular]

a limited time of living in a place

stay in/at

▪ I met her towards the end of my stay in Los Angeles.

long/short/overnight etc stay

▪ a short stay in the hospital

2.) [U and C] law

the stopping or delay of an action because a judge has ordered it

stay of execution

(=a delay in punishing someone by killing them)

3.)

a strong wire or rope used for supporting a ship's ↑mast

4.)

a short piece of plastic or wire used to keep a shirt ↑collar stiff