Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
stays
IPA transcription: [st'eɪz]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
corset, girdle, stays
Meaning:
a woman's close-fitting foundation garment
Usage examples
He stays here.
Anyone who stays is a traitor to the Tsar.
"Oh, that's not it--the family stays in Pittsburg.
But a correct list I have, or the stuff stays here till Doomsday.'
There is the great snake that lives in the well, and he stays by you.
"We'll leave papers with our consul where the yacht stays," Terry planned.
Day after day she stays thus, without feeling hunger, or any desire for action.
The flagstaff was down, the stays having carried away, but in five minutes it could be put up again.
Papa never stays away on Christmas," says Kitty, looking up into her mother's face for an echo to her words.
That 'cello-like largo with its noiseless suspension stays us for a moment in the courtyard of Chopin's House Beautiful.