Strength vs. Stay

Strengthnoun

The quality or degree of being strong.

Strengthnoun

The intensity of a force or power; potency.

Strengthnoun

The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.

Strengthnoun

A positive attribute.

Strengthnoun

(obsolete) Armed force, body of troops.

Strengthnoun

(obsolete) A strong place; a stronghold.

Strengthverb

(obsolete) To give strength to; to strengthen.

Strengthnoun

The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.

Strengthnoun

Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; - in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.

Strengthnoun

Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.

Strengthnoun

That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

Strengthnoun

One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.

Strengthnoun

Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?

Strengthnoun

Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; - said of literary work.

Strengthnoun

Intensity; - said of light or color.

Strengthnoun

Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; - said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.

Strengthnoun

A strong place; a stronghold.

Strengthverb

To strengthen.

Strengthnoun

the property of being physically or mentally strong;

Strengthnoun

capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war;

Strengthnoun

physical energy or intensity;

Strengthnoun

an asset of special worth or utility;

Strengthnoun

the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty;

Strengthnoun

the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

Strengthnoun

capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects;

Strengthnoun

the condition of financial success;

Strengthnoun

permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;

Strengthnoun

the quality or state of being physically strong

Strengthnoun

the influence or power possessed by a person, organization, or country

Strengthnoun

the degree of intensity of a feeling or belief

Strengthnoun

the extent to which an argument or case is sound or convincing

Strengthnoun

the potency, intensity, or speed of a force or natural agency

Strengthnoun

the potential of a hand to win tricks, arising from the number and type of high cards it contains.

Strengthnoun

the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure

Strengthnoun

the emotional or mental qualities necessary in dealing with difficult or distressing situations

Strengthnoun

the potency or degree of concentration of a drug, chemical, or drink

Strengthnoun

a good or beneficial quality or attribute of a person or thing

Strengthnoun

a person or thing perceived as a source of mental or emotional support

Strengthnoun

the number of people comprising a group, typically a team or army

Strengthnoun

a number of people required to make such a group complete

Stayverb

(transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.

Stayverb

(transitive) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

Stayverb

(transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.

Stayverb

(transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

Stayverb

(transitive) To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Stayverb

(transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

Stayverb

(transitive) To hold the attention of. en

Stayverb

To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.

Stayverb

To wait for; await.

Stayverb

To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Stayverb

To rest; depend; rely.

Stayverb

To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

Stayverb

To come to an end; cease.

Stayverb

To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

Stayverb

To make a stand; to stand firm.

Stayverb

To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.

Stayverb

(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.

Stayverb

To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

Stayverb

To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.

Stayverb

(intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality.

Stayverb

To live; reside

Stayverb

To brace or support with a stay or stays

Stayverb

To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

Stayverb

To tack; put on the other tack.

Stayverb

To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

Staynoun

Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.

Staynoun

A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

Staynoun

(archaic) A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.

Staynoun

A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

Staynoun

(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

Staynoun

Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Staynoun

(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.

Staynoun

A prop; a support.

Staynoun

A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.

Staynoun

(plural) A corset

Staynoun

(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

Staynoun

(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.

Staynoun

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

Staynoun

The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

Stayadjective

Steep; ascending.

Stayadjective

(of a roof) Steeply pitched.

Stayadjective

Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

Stayadjective

Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

Stayadverb

Steeply.

Staynoun

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called backstays. See Illust. of Ship.

Staynoun

That which serves as a prop; a support.

Staynoun

A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.

Staynoun

Continuance in a place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this city.

Staynoun

Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Staynoun

Hindrance; let; check.

Staynoun

Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Staynoun

Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.

Stayverb

To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.

Stayverb

To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.

Stayverb

To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.

Stayverb

To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.

Stayverb

To hinder; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

Stayverb

To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

Stayverb

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

Stayverb

To fasten or secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.

Stayverb

To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.

Stayverb

To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.

Stayverb

To continue in a state.

Stayverb

To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

Stayverb

To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

Stayverb

To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.

Stayverb

To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.

Stayverb

To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.

Stayverb

To change tack, as a ship.

Staynoun

continuing or remaining in a place or state;

Staynoun

a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted;

Staynoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption;

Staynoun

(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

Staynoun

a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

Stayverb

stay the same; remain in a certain state;

Stayverb

stay put (in a certain place);

Stayverb

dwell;

Stayverb

continue in a place, position, or situation;

Stayverb

remain behind;

Stayverb

stop or halt;

Stayverb

stay behind;

Stayverb

a trial of endurance;

Stayverb

stop a judicial process;

Stayverb

fasten with stays

Stayverb

overcome or allay;