stay

stay [-ed, -ing, -s] v

L. stāre, to stand.

1. Withstand; defy; resist; restrain; delay; hold back; keep from proceeding.
2. Last; endure; continue a long time.
3. Abide; tarry; not return.
4. Set; place; rest; stand.
5. Sit; pause; hesitate.
6. Settle; sink in; pile up in layers.
7. Remain; stick around; refuse to leave.
8. Survive; live through winter; do not migrate to warmer lands; [fig.] keep living; do not yet die.
9. Linger; dally; spend time.
10. Dwell; exist; [fig.] be hung; be secured; be displayed; be fixed permanently.
11. Stop; halt; check; arrest; make cease; [fig.] drown.
12. Support; hold; sustain; back; endorse.
13. Keep burning; [fig.] remain alive.
14. Phrase. “stay away”: forbear; abstain; not come near; desist from arriving; refrain from approaching.