Definitions for stays
stays

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. corset, girdle, staysnoun

   a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. staysnoun

   A corset.

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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 Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. STAYS

   A sort of straight-jacket employed in reforming women.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Ehsan Sehgal:

   The killer kills in a minute; whereas, the executor of false happiness or fake hopes stays killing you every moment of every day; it is the utmost barbarism.

2. Ralf Brandstaetter:

   It stays that way.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   As I assimilate only that, as the qualification of knowledge, not beyond that, exemplifying: Indeed, self-denial, defines a grave ignorant, as the learned ones mostly mention that: The only true wisdom is in knowing, you know nothing. - As a fact, everyone realizes knowledge as its level; however, the true wisdom implies it as; it never ends since it stays beyond study, and one needs to learn continuously without denying oneself is wisdom.

4. Anuj Somany:

   An employee who does smart/hard work gets merely the praise and that too rarely, but those who hardly work get mostly the salary raise and quite regularly. One who plays office-politics usually stays for a longer tenure at higher position & unduly gains maximum benefits & profits frequently .That's the picture of the work-culture of the private sector.

5. Ehsan Sehgal:

   A Quote of the Day --- By Ehsan Sehgal --- 2-06-2021 --- 5.30 PM, The Hague, Netherlands Literacy in the sense of knowledge never can be second-hand, and books also carry knowledge and qualify that context precisely; thus, every book stays new to every new reader. - Ehsan Sehgal

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