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How do you spell Stayed

Available Definitions:
1)  a. - Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
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.





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