n. continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

n. (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

n. a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

n. a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"

n. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

n. continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court"

n. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"

v. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"

v. to hit a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter

v. stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution order"

v. attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

v. fasten with stays

v. remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"

v. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

v. stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

v. hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

n. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

n. act of putting off to a future time

n. the forestay that braces the mainmast

n. a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

n. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building

n. any vertical post or rod used as a support

n. (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure

n. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

n. long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

n. supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation; "the statue stood on a marble support"

n. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

n. act of putting off to a future time

n. a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"

n. a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort

v. keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

v. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

v. convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. hand over formally

v. furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

v. throw forcefully

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"

v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

v. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

v. bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances"

v. make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"

v. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

v. come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

v. attach with a hinge

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

v. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"

v. move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

v. move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer"

v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"

v. yield (to); give satisfaction to

v. inhabit or live in; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"

v. continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"

v. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

v. stay in one place and anticipate or expect something; "I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets"

v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

v. lift or elevate

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

v. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"

v. hand over formally

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

v. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

v. take away the enthusiasm of

v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

v. connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

v. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"

v. follow through with

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

v. set at

v. lay on

v. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

v. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"

v. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

v. go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

v. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

v. put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

v. apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

v. put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"

v. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

v. transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

n. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

v. go away or leave

v. go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

v. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

v. undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

v. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"

v. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"

v. progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

v. transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house passed under his official control"

v. as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

v. terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

v. have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."

v. be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"

v. change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

v. change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

v. take and lift upward

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"