stayed
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/steːd/
English
Definitions
verb
- To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
- To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
- To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
- To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
verb
- To brace or support with a stay or stays“stay a mast”
- To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
- To tack; put on the other tack.“to stay ship”
- To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
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Synonyms
endureresistcancelceasediscontinuehaltstopterminateblinbrakedesistcontinuekeepremainbreak a lancecontendstand firmtake a stand