Definitions for Stays
stays

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. corset, girdle, staysnoun

   a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. staysnoun

   A corset.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Staysnoun

   Without singular.

   1. Boddice; a kind of stiff waistcoat made of whalebone, worn by ladies.2.Ropes in a ship to keep the mast from falling aft. All masts, topmasts, and flagstaves have stays, except the spritsail topmast: the mainmast, foremast, with the masts belonging to them, have also back stays, which help to keep the mast from pitching forward or overboard. John Harris

   They were come upon the stays, when one of the sailors descried a galley. Philip Sidney.

   3. Any support; any thing that keeps another extended.

   Weavers stretch your stays upon the west. Dryden.

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stays

   Stays are ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run fore-and-aft along the centerline from the masts to the hull, deck, bowsprit, or to other masts which serve to stabilize the masts. On a ship with a single mast, stays that run aft are called backstays and stays that run forward are called forestays. Along with shrouds, they form the primary stabilization for the standing rigging. To "miss stays" is an unsuccessful attempt to tack.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STAYS

   A sort of straight-jacket employed in reforming women.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stays

   See Ordnance, Carriages for.

Matched Categories

1. • Foundation Garment

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Stays' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4071

Anagrams for Stays »

1. sayst

How to pronounce Stays?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Stays in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stays in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stays in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Stays in a Sentence

1. Middleton Co.:

   My teammates and my coaches, they told me to keep being aggressive, i love it. Each one of these guys, they work every single day. Everybody stays ready. Everybody stays locked in. We all play for each other. And that’s all you can ask for.

2. May Sarton:

   I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep… Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

3. Yamil Rodriguez:

   Stop kicking this can down the road and just give them permanent housing, there needs to be a game plan. It's a waste of taxpayer money to be dumping money into hotel stays.

4. Theresa Clement:

   Just make sure they know the wall-writing stays only in that spot!

5. Tiger Woods:

   If it stays calm in the morning, you'll see a bunch of guys go low.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Stays
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stays
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Stays
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Stays
5. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Stays
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html