What is the meaning of Stay?

To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

To continue to have a particular quality.

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 or delay something.

1. To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
2. To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
3. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
4. To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

   To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

   To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

   To cause to cease; to put an end to.

   To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

   To hold the attention of. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

   To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

   To wait for; await.

   To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

   To rest; depend; rely.

   To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

   To come to an end; cease.

   To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

   To make a stand; to stand firm.

   To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.

   To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

   To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

   To live; reside.

   Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.

   A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

   A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

   A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

   A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

   Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

   Hindrance; let; check.

   A prop; a support.

   A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

   A corset.

   A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

   A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

   A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

   The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

   To brace or support with a stay or stays

   To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

   To tack; put on the other tack.

   To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

   Steep; ascending.

   Steeply pitched.

   Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

   Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

   Steeply.

   A stay (rope).

   Source: wiktionary.org