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STAYS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman's close-fitting foundation garment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stays" is a kind of...):
foundation; foundation garment (a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stays"):
panty girdle (a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb stay
Context examples:
Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood.
(Diabetes Medicines, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
The virus stays in your body even after treatment, so warts can come back.
(Genital Warts, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
“Fanny!” repeated Mrs. Norris; “my dear Edmund, there is no idea of her going with us. She stays with her aunt. I told Mrs. Rushworth so. She is not expected.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Ah, Jim, Jim, I reckon I've missed stays!
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He stays till to-morrow, and Miss Fairfax has been persuaded to spend the day with us.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But as to the rest, as to the others, if one stays to assist Mrs Harville, I think it need be only one.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The longer he stays, the worse it will be for him at last.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The patient stays awake but has no feeling in the area of the body treated with the anesthetic.
(Local anesthesia, NCI Dictionary)
The tissue flap, along with its blood vessels, stays connected to the body and is passed through a tunnel under the skin to the chest.
(Pedicle flap, NCI Dictionary)
If the tumor stays small, you may only need to have it checked regularly.
(Acoustic Neuroma, NIH: National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders)
