əˈbaɪd əˈbaɪd

əˈpiːz əˈɹɛst baɪd kənˈtɪnjuː dɪˈleɪ dəˈleɪ dɪˈteɪn hɪtʃ ˈaʊtɹaɪd pɚˈsɪst pəˈsɪst ɹɪˈmeɪn ɹɛst stɒp stɑp 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 stop or halt Please stay the bloodshed! 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 overcome or allay quell my hunger fasten with stays be in a certain place and not leave We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati Stay put in the corner here! Stick around and you will learn something! stop a judicial process The judge stayed the execution order hang on during a trial of endurance ride out the storm dwell You can stay with me while you are in town stay a bit longer — the day is still young 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 (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) 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 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