{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "steɪ" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/stay.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/stay.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English steyen, staien, from Old French estayer, estaier (“to fix, prop up, support, stay”), from estaye, estaie (“a prop, stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade (“a prop, stay, help, aid”) (compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Frankish *stadi (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing”). Influenced by Old English stæġ (\"a stay, rope\"; see below). Cognate with Old English stede, stæde (“a place, spot, locality, fixed position, station, site, standing, status, position of a moving body, stopping, standing still, stability, fixity, firmness, steadfastness”), Swedish stödja (“to prop, support, brace, hold up, bolster”), Icelandic stöðug (“continuous, stable”). More at stead, steady.\nSense of \"remain, continue\" may be due to later influence from Old French ester, esteir (“to stand, be, continue, remain”), from Latin stāre (“stand”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical grounds.\nAn alternative etymology derives Old French estaye, estaie, from Frankish *stakā, *stakō (“stake, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake, bar, stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“rod, pole, stick”), making it cognate with Old English staca (“pin, stake”), Old English stician (“to stick, be placed, lie, remain fixed”). Cognate with Albanian shtagë (“a long stick, a pole”). More at stake, stick.", "From Middle English stay, from Old French estaye, estaie (“a prop, a stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade (\"a prop, stay, help, aid\"; compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Old Dutch *stad (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). See above.", "From Middle English stay, from Old English stæġ (“stay, a rope supporting a mast”), from Proto-Germanic *stagą (“stay, rope”), from Proto-Indo-European *stek-, *stāk- (“stand, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Dutch stag (“stay”), German Stag (“stay”), Swedish stag (“stay”), Icelandic stag (“stay”).", "From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-Germanic *staigilaz (“climbing, ascending, sloping, steep”), see sty." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To stop or delay something.", "submean": [ "To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.\n", "To restrain; withhold; check; stop.\n", "To cause to cease; to put an end to.\n", "To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.\nThe governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.\n" ] }, { "mean": "(transitive) To hold the attention of. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)" }, { "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist." }, { "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To wait for; await." }, { "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.)." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, obsolete) To rest; depend; rely." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, obsolete) To stop; come to a stand or standstill." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, archaic) To come to an end; cease.\nThat day the storm stayed." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, archaic) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, dated) To make a stand; to stand firm." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.\nThat horse stays well." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.\nWe stayed in Hawaii for a week.  I can only stay for an hour." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, obsolete) To wait; rest in patience or expectation." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, obsolete, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, copulative) To continue to have a particular quality.\nWear gloves so your hands stay warm." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, Scotland, South Africa, India, Southern US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial) To live; reside\nHey, where do you stay at?" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.\nSynonym: sojourn\nI hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii." }, { "mean": "(law) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.\nThe governor granted a stay of execution." }, { "mean": "(archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.\nstand at a stay" }, { "mean": "A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence." }, { "mean": "(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels." }, { "mean": "Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "^ Whitney, Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, stay." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A prop; a support." }, { "mean": "A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.\nWhere are the stays for my collar?" }, { "mean": "(in the plural) A corset." }, { "mean": "(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel." }, { "mean": "A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.\nThe engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding." }, { "mean": "The transverse piece in a chain-cable link." } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To brace or support with a stay or stays\nstay a mast" }, { "mean": "(transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays." }, { "mean": "(transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.\nto stay ship" }, { "mean": "(intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship." } ] }, { "name": "References_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "^ Esperanto Plena Vortaro http://vortaro.net/#stajo" } ] }, { "name": "Alternative_forms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "stey, stee, steigh, sti" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK dialectal) Steep; ascending.\n1908, Publications of the Scottish History Society - Volume 53 - Page 121:\nThe Castle of Edr. is naturally a great strenth situate upon the top of a high Rock perpendicular on all sides, except on the entry from the burgh, which is a stay ascent and is well fortified with strong Walls, three gates each one within another, with Drawbridges, and all necessary fortifications." }, { "mean": "(UK dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched." }, { "mean": "(UK dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer." }, { "mean": "(UK dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK dialectal) Steeply." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "stay at OneLook Dictionary Search\nstay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "레퍼런스", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참조_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "대체_양식", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "(prop; 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