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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of stay form-of, plural
2. 2
   A corset. plural, plural-only

   "Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays."

3. 3
   a woman's close-fitting foundation garment wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of stay form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   plural of Stay form-of, plural

Synonyms

All synonyms

corsetcorsetfoundation garmentgirdlestay

Example

More examples

"This meat stays good in cold weather."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.