SCRABBLE ® cheat


stayed

We have found lemma(root) word of stayed : stay.

Definitions


[steɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remain in the same place
(e.g: you stay here and I'll be back soon)

- remain in a specified state or position
(e.g: her ability to stay calm)

- (of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
(e.g: the girls had gone to stay with friends)

- stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)
(e.g: there are some cases the Crown feels so serious they don't want to stay the charges)

- support or prop up
(e.g: it did not matter to you whether the building was stayed up or not?)


Phrases:
- be here to stay
- stay of execution
- stay put
- stay the course
- stay well

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’; in the sense ‘support’ (stay and stay), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin


[steɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
(e.g: an overnight stay at a luxury hotel)

- a curb or check
(e.g: there is likely to be a good public library as a stay against boredom)

- a device used as a brace or support

- power of endurance
(e.g: some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them)


Phrases:
- be here to stay
- stay of execution
- stay put
- stay the course
- stay well

Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French estai-, stem of Old French ester, from Latin stare ‘to stand’; in the sense ‘support’ (stay and stay), partly from Old French estaye (noun), estayer (verb), of Germanic origin


[steɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a large rope, wire, or rod used to support a ship's mast, leading from the masthead to another mast or spar or down to another part of the ship
(e.g: I eased off on the line while Patrick took up the tension on the side stays)


Phrases:
- be in stays
- miss stays

Origin:
Old English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’


[steɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays
(e.g: we stayed the mast on the starboard side by shifting the halyard)


Phrases:
- be in stays
- miss stays

Origin:
Old English stæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stag, from a base meaning ‘be firm’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries




The SCRABBLE ® trademark

SCRABBLE ® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game
are owned in the U.S.A. and Canada by Hasbro Inc. and throughout the rest of the world by
J.W. Spear and Sons, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. This site is for entertainment purposes
only and is not sponsored by or affiliated with Hasbro or Mattel Inc. in any way.