stays
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪz
[edit] Noun
stays
- Plural form of stay.
- (plurale tantum) A corset.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 502:
- Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 502:
[edit] Verb
stays
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay.
