Stay is valid Scrabble Word

Is stay a scrabble word?
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4 letters word
7 points in Scrabble
6 points in WWF

Definitions for STAY in dictionary:

VERB:

to remain in a place of a condition
remain in the same place
delay leaving so as to join in (an activity)
(of food) remain in the stomach, rather than be thrown up as vomit
remain in a specified state or position
(of a person) live somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
live permanently
stop, delay, or prevent (something), in particular suspend or postpone (judicial proceedings) or refrain from pressing (charges)
assuage (hunger) for a short time
curb; check

wait a moment in order to allow someone time to think or speak
support or prop up
secure or steady (a mast) by means of stays
remain in a place or condition
To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
To continue in a state.
To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
To change tack; as a ship.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
stay put (in a certain place)
continue in a place, position, or situation
remain behind
stop or halt
stay behind
hang on during a trial of endurance
stop a judicial process
fasten with stays
overcome or allay

NOUN:

a period of staying somewhere, in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest
a curb or check
a suspension or postponement of judicial proceedings
a device used as a brace or support.
a corset made of two pieces laced together and stiffened by strips of whalebone.
power of endurance
a guy or rope supporting a flagstaff or other upright pole.
a supporting wire or cable on an aircraft.
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.
That which serves as a prop; a support.
A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.
Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Hindrance; let; check.
Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
continuing or remaining in a place or state
the state of inactivity following an interruption
a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
period of staying in a place
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.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to continue in a place or condition

Words related to STAY

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How to use STAY in a sentence

I very seldom during my whole stay in the country heard a sentence elegantly turned, and correctly pronounced from the lips of an American.
I am willing to stay and wish to stay if there is anything to do.
But if he would come and stay at a hotel they could have a wonderful time.
I could have got Miss Benson to stay with me, but Harold will not hear of her.
I asked him why he would go? why I should not go, and he stay in the boat? The boy answered with so much affection, that made me love him ever after.
They all wanted to stay so he brought em all back here to Arkansas.
We could not trust him to cut down palms or gather nuts, because he would stay out and eat what ought to have gone into the common store.
He would stay at Gold Mountain two or three months, and then work his way down into Mexico.
The boy who willed to do wrong must stay with the swine among the husks until he wills to do right.
Am I invited to the party? HARRADAN You may stay or not as you like.

But Robert admitted quite frankly that he preferred to stay where he was and talk to Mrs.
To stay on, seeing him now and then, was torture for them both.
Had she no religion, then, upon which to stay her sense of duty? Where a mother has failed, even the Bible may fail.
Alexander into consideration, it was perhaps as well that she left Craffroe a few days afterwards to stay with her brother.
Better a thousand times to starve than to stay in a place where you cannot do what is right.
After our short stay at Niagara, we came down Lake Ontario and the St.
But it was difficult, and all that was in him bade him stay, and out of his own great courage seek to help her.
They were accustomed to pray to their departed countrymen not to molest them, but to stay away in quiet.
Lone would stay and help, and somehow it would be managed.
He at last agreed to go aboard and give it up maintaining, however, his ability to stay in the water all night.
It was best they should not stay home, subject to incessant interview.
They often miss trains on purpose to stay somewhere on the road for fun.
Hetherton thought, but Lucy was one who could trample down proprieties, and it was finally arranged that Fanny should stay with her.
We said that perhaps, undoubtedly indeed, we should stay there till the end of the war.
They wanted us to stay to dinner, and when they found out that you were coming to camp here, the Colonel said be wanted to come over here and call.
They all, all who saw while they heard what they heard, all were there and remained until they were not to stay where they were any longer.
So please allow me to stay a few months longer, and then I shall be able to bring home some Greek with me.

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