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Stay(medicine)
stay(5)(dictionary)
stay(6)(dictionary)
stay-put(dictionary)
stay(4)(dictionary)
stay(1)(dictionary)
Stay(law)
stay(2)(dictionary)
stay(3)(dictionary)

Parasite (health) and stay(3) (iou)


Parasite (health)


An organism that lives on or in the tissues of another organism and draws its nourishment from the host.





stay(3) (iou)



stay noun3. E16.
[from STAY verb1.]
A stationary condition; a state of neither advance nor retreat. Chiefly in at a stay, in a stay, at one stay, in one stay. arch. E16.
J. A. Froude In this world of change the point of view..never continues in one stay.
b. A permanent state or condition. Chiefly in in good stay, in quiet stay, etc. M16-E17.
A cessation of progress or action; a stop, a pause. Also in make a stay, make stay. E16.
J. Ruskin We can plunge..without stay..into the profundity of space.
b. A cessation of hostility or dissension. Also, a means of reconciliation. rare. M-L16.
a. An appliance for preventing the blade of a plough from cutting too deep a furrow. Only in E16.
b. A cause of stoppage; an obstacle, a hindrance. Also (rare), a scruple, a hesitation. M16-M17.
Dryden My Rage, like dam'd-up Streams swell'd by some stay.
The action of stopping someone or something or of bringing something to a temporary halt or pause; the fact of being brought to a temporary halt or delayed; an instance of this, a stoppage, a suspension of action. M16.
J. Sutherland A six-month stay during which Tom was to take no decision on his..future.
b. Law. Suspension or postponement of a judicial proceeding, sentence, or judgement. M16.
F. Smyth Stielow's defence attorneys managed to gain a stay of execution.
Control; self-restraint. M16-E17.
Waiting, postponement. M16-E18.
The action or fact of staying, being present, or dwelling in one place; an instance of this, (the duration of) a period of temporary residence. M16.
D. Hammett Mrs Jorgenson..returned..after a six-year stay in Europe.
b. A place of temporary or fixed residence. arch. M16.
c. Continuance in a state, duration. L16-E18.
d. Staying power; power of endurance or resistance. L16.
C. H. Spurgeon Some men are always great at beginnings; but they have no stay in them.
Phrases: make stay of (a) withhold for a time; postpone; (b) put a stop to (an action); arrest (a person); intercept. set in stay, set at stay reduce to order or quiet; settle. set stays settle matters.
Comb.: stay-law US a legislative enactment establishing a General moratorium.
stayless adjective2 (a) not to be stayed or stopped, ever-moving, unceasing; (b) without stay or permanence, ever-changing, unsettled: L16.