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A corset.
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A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.
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A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.
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A support or brace.
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verb-intransitive
Archaic To cease from a specified activity.
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Games To meet a bet in poker without raising it.
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To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm.
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To endure or persist: stayed with the original plan.
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To keep up in a race or contest: tried to stay with the lead runner.
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verb-transitive
Nautical To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.
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To brace, support, or prop up.
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To postpone; delay.
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To remain during: stayed the week with my parents; stayed the duration of the game.
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To rest or fix on for support.
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idiom
Stay put To remain in a fixed or established position.
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Stay the course To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.
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verb
To provide physical or moral support for .
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To fix on something as a foundation.
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To check the course of (as a disease).
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To quiet the hunger of temporarily.
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To stop or delay the proceeding or advance of by or as if by interposing an obstacle .
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