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Definition: Stayer |
StayerNoun1. A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance: "the horse that won the race is a good stayer". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Operates single, double, or multiple-needle stitching machine to join or decorate shoe parts, or to reinforce edges: Selects spool of thread or prewound bobbin, places spool or bobbin on spindle or looper, and draws thread through guides and needles. Aligns parts and presses knee control or pedal to raise presser foot or roller. Positions parts under needle and lowers presser foot or roller. Presses foot or knee control to start machine and guides parts under needle, following seams, edges, or markings, or moves edges of part against guide. Cuts excess thread or material from shoe parts, using scissors or knife. When operating double or multiple-needle machine, may turn setscrew on needle bar and position one or more needles as specified. May be designated according to shoe parts stitched as Back-Seam Stitcher (boot & shoe); Box-Toe Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to machine operated as Flatbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Zig-Zag Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to number of needles in machine operated as Double-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Multiple-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Single-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated: Backstay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Barrer And Tacker (boot & shoe); Binding Stitcher (boot & shoe); Buckle Sewer, Machine (boot & shoe); California Seamer (boot & shoe); Counter-Pocket Sewer (boot & shoe); Cover Maker (boot & shoe); Cut-Out Stitcher (boot & shoe); Edge Stitcher (boot & shoe); Fancy Stitcher (boot & shoe); Flare Stitcher (boot & shoe); Gore Inserter (boot & shoe); Insole Tape Stitcher, UCO (boot & shoe); Label Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining-Strap Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Vamper (boot & shoe); Neverslip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Postbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Quarter-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Rand Sewer (boot & shoe); Saddle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Saddle-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Seam-Stay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Shank Stitcher (boot & shoe); Sock-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Stitcher, Utility (boot & shoe); Strap Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tape Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Toe-Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Tongue And Quarter Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue Stitcher (boot & shoe); Top Stitcher (boot & shoe); Underlay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Upper Stitcher (boot & shoe); Vamp Stitcher (boot & shoe); Welting Stitcher, Front (boot & shoe); Wrapper Stitcher (boot & shoe). (references) |
| Tends machine that applies adhesive tape to reinforce seams of upper shoe parts: Positions part on machine roller. Turns dial to regulate temperature of machine heating element that softens adhesive surface of tape. Depresses pedals that raise part, activate roller, and apply tape. Moves lever to cut adhered tape or uses scissors. Replaces tape roll on machine. May be designated according to part taped as Seam Taper, Machine (boot & shoe); Top Taper, Machine (boot & shoe). (references) | |
| Inserts stays (bones or steels) into prepared pockets of women's foundation garments, such as corsets or brassiers, or into casings of surgical appliances: Selects number and size stays to be inserted and pushes stays into pockets or casings by hand or using metal punch. May mark dot on support appliance, using pencil and template. May cut excess leather, cloth, and threads from appliance, using scissors, and inspect appliance for sewing defects. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Stayer |
| Specialty definitions using "stayer": covering-machine operator ♦ WRAPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR. (references) |
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| "Stayer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stayer" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stayer" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stayer | Last name | 400 | 18,919 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Italy | Stayer Spa |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stayer | 19 |
stayer university | 5 |
stayer voight | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stayer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | njeri i fuqishëm (lion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стайер, издръжлив човек. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vytrvalec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stayer, coureur (store, store pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Steher (motor-paced rider). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σταματών (arrester, stemmer, stopper), μένων (abider, abiding), αυτόσ που έχει μεγάλη αντοχή. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kitartó versenyzõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | che ha resistenza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fuirreyder (tarrier), dooinney beayn, cabbyl beayn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ayerstay pessoa que põe termo a, pessoa que está, corredor de fundo. (various references) стайер. (various references) zaustavljač, trkač na duge staze. (various references) stayer, caballo apto para carreras de distancia. (various references) sonuna kadar devam eden kimse, vazgeçmeyen kimse, azimli kimse. (various references) ста"р, витривала людина. (various references) người ru rú xó nh người dai sức. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "stayer": stayers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stayer" (pronounced 'Stay"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: estray, yarest. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: artsy, aster, eyras, rates, resay, satyr, sayer, stare, stray, tares, tears, teary, trays, treys, tyers, tyres, years, yeast. | |
-2 letters: aery, ares, arse, arts, arty, ates, ayes, ears, east, easy, eats, eras, erst, etas, eyas, eyra, rase, rate, rats, rays, rest, rets, ryas, ryes, sate, sear, seat, sera, seta, star, stay, stey, stye. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: barytes, betrays, estrays, estuary, grayest, gyrates, mastery, sectary, stayers, strayed, strayer, streaky, streamy, wastery, yatters. | |
+2 letters: actressy, ancestry, asperity, basketry, bestiary, cytaster, easterly, estrayed, forestay, hydrates, hysteria, masterly, overstay, partyers, peytrals, plastery, psaltery, staggery, sternway, strategy, strayers, styraxes, sybarite, tapestry, travesty, trawleys, treasury, typebars, vestiary, yachters, yeastier. | |
+3 letters: acrylates, adversity, allostery, apteryxes, artlessly, astrocyte, asymmetry, attorneys, austerely, austerity, barytones, betrayals, betrayers, butyrates, bystander, calypters, cytasters, drysalter, earnestly, entryways, erythemas, estraying, eurybaths, eyestrain, eyewaters, forestays, hairstyle, hysterias, insectary, interlays, martyries, monastery, overhasty, overstays, oysterman, paymaster, peasantry, pederasty, pyruvates, roseately, routeways, royalties, seaworthy, secretary, sedentary, sergeanty, seriately, serjeanty, severalty, spymaster, steelyard, sternways, strangely, sybarites, taxpayers, tearaways, terabytes, teriyakis, trachytes, tyramines, tyrannies, tyrannise, vestryman, waterways, yahrzeits, yawmeters, yesterday, ytterbias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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