Word Meanings - STAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called

Additional info about word: STAY

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship. In stays, or Hove in stays , in the act or situation of staying, or going about from one tack to another. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Stay holes , openings in the edge of a staysail through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay. -- Stay tackle , a tackle attached to a stay and used for hoisting or lowering heavy articles over the side. -- To miss stays , to fail in the attempt to go about. Totten. -- Triatic stay , a rope secured at the ends to the heads of the foremast and mainmast with thimbles spliced to its bight into which the stay tackles hook.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STAY)

• Abide
• Dwell
• stay
• inhabit
• continue
• rest
• tarry
• lodge
• reside
• live
• wait
• sojourn
• remain
• expect
• endure
• tolerate
• anticipate
• confront
• await
• bear
• face
• watch
• Abode
• Home
• placate
• residence
• domicile
• habitation
• lodging
• berth
• quarters
• Bide
• Wait
• abide
• Check Curb
• restrain
• stop
• repress
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• cohibit
• bridle
• control
• obstruct
• Continue
• Last
• persist
• persevere
• proceed

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STAY)

• Neglect
• abandon
• license
• berate
• free
• mismanage
• misconduct

Related words: (words related to STAY)

• CHECKWORK
  Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
• INHABITATE
  To inhabit.
• INHIBITORY
  Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb.
• BERTH
  Convenient sea room. A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. "He has a good berth."
• PERSISTING
  Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• PROCEREBRUM
  The prosencephalon.
• WATCHET
  Pale or light blue. "Watchet mantles." Spenser. Who stares in Germany at watchet eyes Dryden.
• INHABITATIVENESS
  A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• MISMANAGER
  One who manages ill.
• WATCHDOG
  A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
• WATCHHOUSE
  1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
• CONTROLLABLENESS
  Capability of being controlled.
• PROCESSIVE
  Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
• LODGMENT
  The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. (more info) 1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• CHECKREIN
  1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. 2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
• PROCESSIONALIST
  One who goes or marches in a procession.
• WATCHWORD
  1. A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password. 2. A sentiment
• INDWELLING
  Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South.
• INEXPECTABLE
  Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall.
• UNEXPECTATION
  Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
• PRESIDENT
  Precedent. Bacon.
• UNLODGE
  To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. Carew.
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.