Available Definitions:
1) a. - Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful.
2) v. i. - To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
3) v. i. - To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
4) v. i. - To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
5) v. i. - To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
6) v. i. - To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
7) v. i. - To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
8) v. i. - To cause to cease; to put an end to.
9) v. i. - To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
10) v. i. - To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
11) v. i. - To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
12) v. i. - To continue in a state.
13) v. i. - To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
14) v. i. - To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
15) v. i. - To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
16) v. i. - To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
17) v. i. - To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
18) v. i. - To change tack; as a ship.
19) n. - That which serves as a prop; a support.
20) n. - A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
21) n. - Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
22) n. - Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
23) n. - Hindrance; let; check.
24) n. - Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
25) n. - Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.