STAYED

Definition: STAYED

STAYED

Adjective

1. Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Stay

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "STAYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Dejection

Serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced.

Excitability

Adjective: inexcitable, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible; (insensible); unpassionate, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring; Verb: stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge; sedate, demure, cool-headed.

Crosswords: STAYED

The world had changed, yet stayed the same (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Let's see. This little piddy went to market, this little piddy stayed home (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price)

But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Son, the strongest castle in all of England (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Well, they seemed so sure that they could find you, I thought if I stayed with them, they'd bring me back to all my friends (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas)

You know, Herbert Hoover once stayed here on this floor (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York; writing credit: John Hughes)

Ya never kept a secret, always stayed real (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

And all night through the session we stayed (Request Line; performing artist: Black Eyed Peas)

Ran with all kind her mind stayed wit the stooper (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

Jill stayed up, she wants to learn how to jive and wail (Jump Jive An' Wail; performing artist: Brian Setzer Orchestra; writing credit: L. Prima)

But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. (references; author: unknown)

She Should Have Stayed in Bed (1963)

The Blonde Stayed On (1946)

He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)

The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)

Pimple's the Man Who Stayed at Home (1915)

Thought Stayed Free (performing artist: Tom Paxton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• How I Came West, and Why I Stayed (reference)

• How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention (reference)

• I Really Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Journeys from Harare to Eternity (reference)

• I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of the Great Writers (reference)

• Inside Afghanistan: The American Who Stayed Behind After 9/11 and His Mission of Mercy to a War-Torn People (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water (reference)

• Since You Stayed Here (reference)

• The Stayed Awake All Night: The Best of Krokus (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is a close-up of scientist's hands holding three test tubes. The one on the left contains normal healthy t-lymphocytes, notice the pellet on the bottom. The middle vial has t-cells that have been infected with the AIDS virus HIV also known as HTLV-III; note the pellet has been destroyed since the cells have died. The test tube on the right contains t-lymphocytes that were exposed to the AIDS virus but since they were protected by AZT, the cells were not destroyed and the pellet stayed intact. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Sigsbee Sounding Machine - invented by Charles D. Sigsbee First efficient piano wire sounding instrument Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years Here the sounding machine is used to set Pillsbury current meter at known depth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

She stayed there -- a week -- a month -- a year. Credit: Library of Congress.

The third stayed behind a moment, bowed over her hand and kissed it. Credit: Library of Congress.

We would never have missed you if you had stayed!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Casablanca conference at Casablanca, Morocco, overlooking the villa in Casablanca where President Roosevelt stayed during his conference with Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Roosevelt at Buckingham Palace. During her recent trip to England, Mrs. Roosevelt stayed with the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. She is shown here with the royal family in the Bow Room. Left to right: the King, Mrs. Roosevelt, the Queen, Prince. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The exceptional war measures and measures of transfer (defined in paragraph 3 of the Annex hereto) taken by Germany with respect to the property, rights and interests of nationals of Allied or Associated Powers, including companies and associations in which they are interested, when liquidation has not been completed, shall be immediately discontinued or stayed and the property, rights and interests concerned restored to their owners, who shall enjoy full rights therein in accordance with the provisions of Article 298. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Only he stayed an hour instead of half an hour, to the great satisfaction of Fantine

She turned her head forward again and her body relaxed, but the little smile stayed around her eyes

I stayed till sunset, but humbly desired his Highness to excuse me for not accepting his invitation of lodging in the palace

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Keep in mind, too, that every day that a recovering alcoholic has stayed sober prior to a relapse is extremely valuable time, both to the individual and to his or her family. (references)

Her headaches lasted 2 days. Nauseous and weak, she stayed in the dark until each attack was over. Today, although migraine still interferes with her life, she has fewer attacks and less severe headaches than before. (references)

Business

Most households have stayed loyal to either BT or to the telephony services provided by their cable company. (references)

Consumption almost doubled between 1994 to 1997 (from 1 billion cubic meters to 1.9 billion cubic meters yearly), and stayed constant from 1997 to 1999 because of the country’s economic recession in the heavy industry sector. (references)

In 1997, when the Asian Economic Crisis hit, they were left with shrinking advertising budgets and a dwindling client list. A majority of the agencies have stayed for the long-term and have managed to survive the worst of the crisis. (references)

Children

El Salvador

The ISPM estimated during the year that an average of 1,500 children, some abandoned and others victims of mistreatment, stayed in its shelters. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kazakhstan

On June 29, the authorities expelled 93 citizens from Tajikistan who stayed longer than the maximum three days transit in the country on their way to Russia. (references)

Laos

Nevertheless, many who fled after the change of government in 1975 have visited relatives, some have stayed and gained foreign resident status, and some have reclaimed citizenship successfully. (references)

Economic History

Burma

With a few exceptions, Western countries have largely stayed away from the Burma market. (references)

Venezuela

Real GDP increased by 3.2 percent in 2000 and first quarter 2001 growth stayed at that level. (references)

Bolivia

The military stayed out of politics, and all major political parties publicly and institutionally committed themselves to democracy. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

The Supreme Court later stayed the High Court's decision. (references)

Political Economy

Mongolia

The economy continued to expand and strengthen, and inflation stayed below 12 percent. (references)

Political Rights

Uganda

On July 6, the recount was stayed. (references)

Women

United Arab Emirates

A woman may be granted a divorce if she can prove that her husband has deliberately stayed away from her for 3 months and has not paid for her upkeep, or for the maintenance of her children. (references)

Brunei

During 1999 approximately 10 women and their children stayed at a women's shelter run by the Social Affairs Services unit of the Ministry of Culture (more recent figures have not been made available). (references)

Denmark

Violence against women is a problem, but the Government took steps to combat it. An umbrella nongovernmental organization (NGO) reports that in 2000, women's crisis shelters were contacted 8,825 times, compared with 8,439 times in 1999. A total of 2,083 women stayed at shelters during 2000, compared with 2,054 women in 1999. There were 477 reported rapes in 1999, 497 in 2000, and 243 during the first 6 months of the year. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

Claiming that the Government was refusing seriously to discuss labor issues with it, the OPZZ suspended participation in the commission in April 1999 and stayed away throughout the year; however, since the formation of the new Government in October, OPZZ has participated in the commission. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "STAYED": stayed blade. Additional references.

Albanian

i ndaluar (blocked, contraband, detained, fixed, forbidden, illegal, illicit, impermissible, prohibited, tabu, unallowed, unlawful, unstatutable, unwarranted). (various references)

Bulgarian 

останал (left, leftover, over, remanent, remaning, residual, residuary). (various references)

Chinese 

留下 (Staying). (various references)

Danish

skråtagsbro (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), afstræbet blad (braced blade, stayed blade), afstaget vinge (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Dutch

tuibrug (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), opgehangen aan kabels (cable stayed swing bridge), individuele vervolging die door het vonnis van faillietverklaring wordt geschorst (proceeding brought by individual creditors stayed by the judgement opening the bankruptcy), getuid rotorblad (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Finnish

vinoköysisilta (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), viipyi runsaan tunnin (stayed over an hour), harustettu lapa (braced blade, stayed blade), hän viipyi siellä yön (he stayed there overnight). (various references)

French

poursuite individuelle suspendue par la décision de faillite (proceeding brought by individual creditors stayed by the judgement opening the bankruptcy), pont haubané (cable stayed bridge), pont à haubans (cable stayed bridge), pale haubanée (stayed blade). (various references)

German

geweilt, geblieben (abode, remained), blieb (abided, remained). (various references)

Greek 

καλωδιωτή γέφυρα (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), σταθεροποιημένο πτερύγιο (braced blade, stayed blade), πτερύγιο με σταθεροποίηση (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Italian

ponte strallato (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), pala strallata (braced blade, stayed blade), pala controventata (braced blade, stayed blade), azione individuale sospesa dalla sentenza di fallimento (proceeding brought by individual creditors stayed by the judgement opening the bankruptcy). (various references)

Korean 

체재하는. (various references)

Manx

lhiettit (detained, inhibited, vetoed), lhiettalit (discouraged, inhibited, restricted, vetoed). (various references)

Pig Latin

ayedstay.(various references)

Portuguese

ponte de tirantes (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), pá esteada (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Russian 

затянутый в корсет. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pričvršćen (hitched, nailed), poduprt (cantilevered). (various references)

Spanish

puente atirantado (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), pala arriostrada (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Swedish

stagat blad (braced blade, stayed blade), snedkabelbro (cable stayed bridge, guyed bridge), blad med stöttor (braced blade, stayed blade). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "STAYED": outstayed, overstayed, unstayed. (additional references)

Misspellings

"STAYED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estayer, satied, Satyendra, sayde, sayed, Sayeef, sayeth, sayid, Sayyaf, staide, staived, stawed, stayen, steyer, styed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: steady.

-1 letter: dates, sated, stade, stead, styed, tsade, yeast.

-2 letters: ates, ayes, date, days, deys, dyes, east, easy, eats, etas, eyas, sade, sate, seat, seta, stay, stey, stye, tads, teas, teds, tyes, yeas.

-3 letters: ads, ate, aye, ays, day, dey, dye, eat, eds, eta, sad, sae, sat, say, sea, set, sty, tad, tae, tas, tea.

+1 letter: strayed, yeasted.

+2 letters: andesyte, asyndeta, daytimes, estrayed, headstay, hydrates, sedately, statedly, steadily, tideways, unstayed, unsteady.

+3 letters: adversity, andesytes, asyndetic, asyndeton, autodynes, autolysed, bystander, diacetyls, dialysate, drysalter, dynamites, dynasties, ecdysiast, headstays, nonsteady, outstayed, pederasty, playdates, sedentary, steadying, steelyard, syndicate, yesterday.

+4 letters: adipocytes, anhydrites, arytenoids, assertedly, asyndetons, bystanders, caryatides, daytraders, dehydrates, depositary, desolately, detestably, dialysates, dialyzates, drysalters, drysaltery, dynamiters, ecdysiasts, hydathodes, molybdates, overstayed, rehydrates, steelyards, syncopated, syndicated, syndicates, twayblades, tyrannised, unsteadily, wyandottes, yardmaster, yesterdays.