Stay-at-home

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a parent: not employed and rather devoting more time to one's children. attributive, not-comparable

    "stay-at-home dad"

  2. 2
    Of rules or regulations: forbidding the populace to leave their domicile except under emergency or other special circumstances, especially for purposes of quarantine. attributive, not-comparable

    "stay-at-home orders"

  3. 3
    Of or relating to quarantine in the home. attributive, not-comparable

    "the stay-at-home era"

  4. 4
    Not ever travelling or moving far from home. not-comparable

    "He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them—the ship; and so is their country—the sea."

  5. 5
    Playing very defensively; not leaving the defensive zone early. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    not given to travel wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person or animal that prefers to stay at home rather than socialize or travel.

    "I had a fancy to go there [Archangel in Russia]. Now my fancy has been gratified, and there is yet another place written down in the charts of my experience. And it is always a little saddening to exchange a dream for a reality—once also the Caucasus was a name crowded with boundless possibility, and I went there and saw what it was. I almost envy those stay-at-homes for whom Europe and the world is quite unproved."

  2. 2
    a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel wordnet
  3. 3
    A parent who is not employed and rather devoting more time to children.

    "We [women], I guess, got into the habit of being stay-at-homes while our children were small because you’re not there during the day with them, you tend to spend your evenings and weekends [with them] […]"

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