(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ where you are, you continue to be there and do not leave.
‘Stay here,’ Trish said. ‘I’ll bring the car down the drive to take you back.’...
In the old days the woman ~ed at home and the man earned the money.
VERB: V adv/prep, V adv/prep
2.
If you ~ in a town, or hotel, or at someone’s house, you live there for a short time.
Gordon ~ed at The Park Hotel, Milan...
He tried to ~ a few months every year in Scotland.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n
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Stay is also a noun.
An experienced Indian guide is provided during your ~.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
If someone or something ~s in a particular state or situation, they continue to be in it.
The Republican candidate said he would ‘work like crazy to ~ ahead’.
...community care networks that offer classes on how to ~ healthy...
= remain
V-LINK: V adv/prep, V adj
4.
If you ~ away from a place, you do not go there.
Government employers and officers also ~ed away from work during the strike...
Every single employee turned up at the meeting, even people who usually ~ed away.
= keep
VERB: V away from n, V away
5.
If you ~ out of something, you do not get involved in it.
In the past, the UN has ~ed out of the internal affairs of countries unless invited in...
VERB: V out of n
6.
If you ~ put, you remain somewhere.
Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to ~ put in Lyon.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
If you ~ the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
They had invited me to come to supper and ~ the night.
PHRASE: V inflects