| house | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ beach house | a house built on or near a beach. |
| ~ boarding house, boardinghouse | a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ bungalow, cottage | a small house with a single story. |
| ~ cabin | a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area. |
| ~ chalet | a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style. |
| ~ frat house, fraternity house, chapterhouse | a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity. |
| ~ country house | a house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country. |
| ~ detached house, single dwelling | a house that stands alone. |
| ~ doll's house, dollhouse | a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything. |
| ~ duplex, duplex house, semidetached house | a house with two units sharing a common wall. |
| ~ dwelling, dwelling house, abode, domicile, habitation, home | housing that someone is living in.; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
| ~ farmhouse | house for a farmer and family. |
| ~ gatehouse | a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence. |
| ~ guesthouse | a house separate from the main house; for housing guests. |
| ~ hacienda | the main house on a ranch or large estate. |
| ~ library | a room where books are kept.; "they had brandy in the library" |
| ~ hunting lodge, lodge | a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter. |
| ~ lodging house, rooming house | a house where rooms are rented. |
| ~ attic, garret, loft | floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. |
| ~ maisonette, maisonnette | a small house. |
| ~ manse, mansion house, mansion, residence, hall | a large and imposing house. |
| ~ porch | a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance. |
| ~ ranch house | a one story house with a low pitched roof. |
| ~ residence | the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president).; "he refused to live in the governor's residence" |
| ~ row house, town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls. |
| ~ safe house | a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations. |
| ~ saltbox | a type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind. |
| ~ adobe house, sod house, soddy | a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses. |
| ~ solar house | a house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials. |
| ~ study | a room used for reading and writing and studying.; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" |
| ~ tract house | one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land. |
| ~ villa | detached or semidetached suburban house. |
| n. (group) | 2. business firm, firm, house | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.; "he worked for a brokerage house" |
| ~ corp, corporation | a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state. |
| ~ business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| ~ accounting firm | a firm of accountants who provide accounting and auditing services for a fee. |
| ~ consulting company, consulting firm | a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee. |
| ~ publisher, publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house | a firm in the publishing business. |
| ~ dealer | a firm engaged in trading. |
| ~ law firm | a firm of lawyers. |
| ~ auction house | a firm that conducts auctions. |
| n. (group) | 3. house | the members of a religious community living together. |
| ~ community | a group of people living in a particular local area.; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community" |
| n. (group) | 4. house | the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema.; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house" |
| ~ audience | a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance.; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough" |
| ~ claque | a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance. |
| n. (group) | 5. house | an official assembly having legislative powers.; "a bicameral legislature has two houses" |
| ~ house of representatives, u.s. house, u.s. house of representatives, united states house of representatives, us house, us house of representatives | the lower legislative house of the United States Congress. |
| ~ house of burgesses | the lower house of legislature in colonial Virginia. |
| ~ british house of commons, house of commons | the lower house of the British parliament. |
| ~ british house of lords, house of lords | the upper house of the British parliament. |
| ~ law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly | persons who make or amend or repeal laws. |
| ~ dail, dail eireann | the lower house of the parliament of the Irish Republic. |
| ~ seanad, seanad eireann | the upper house of the parliament of the Irish Republic. |
| n. (group) | 6. house | aristocratic family line.; "the House of York" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| ~ royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty | royal persons collectively.; "the wedding was attended by royalty" |
| ~ medici | aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century. |
| n. (act) | 7. house | play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults.; "the children were playing house" |
| ~ child's play, play | activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules.; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" |
| n. (location) | 8. house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided. |
| ~ astrology, star divination | a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon. |
| ~ region, part | the extended spatial location of something.; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" |
| ~ zodiac | a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes. |
| ~ aries the ram, aries, ram | the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19. |
| ~ taurus the bull, taurus, bull | the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20. |
| ~ gemini the twins, twins, gemini | the third sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about May 21 to June 20. |
| ~ cancer the crab, cancer, crab | the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22. |
| ~ leo the lion, leo, lion | the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22. |
| ~ virgo the virgin, virgin, virgo | the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22. |
| ~ libra the balance, libra the scales, libra, balance | the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22. |
| ~ scorpio the scorpion, scorpion, scorpio | the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21. |
| ~ sagittarius the archer, archer, sagittarius | the ninth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about November 22 to December 21. |
| ~ capricorn the goat, capricorn, goat | the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19. |
| ~ aquarius the water bearer, water bearer, aquarius | the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18. |
| ~ pisces, pisces the fishes, fish | the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20. |
| n. (group) | 9. house | the management of a gambling house or casino.; "the house gets a percentage of every bet" |
| ~ management | those in charge of running a business. |
| n. (group) | 10. family, home, house, household, menage | a social unit living together.; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home" |
| ~ broken home | a family in which the parents have separated or divorced. |
| ~ conjugal family, nuclear family | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner. |
| ~ extended family | a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives. |
| ~ foster family | the family of a fosterling. |
| ~ foster home | a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency). |
| ~ menage a trois | household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations. |
| ~ social unit, unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group.; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" |
| n. (artifact) | 11. house, theater, theatre | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| ~ arena theater, theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage. |
| ~ ticket booth, ticket office, box office | the office where tickets of admission are sold. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace, cinema | a theater where films are shown. |
| ~ dress circle, circle | a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra.; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" |
| ~ dinner theater, dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission. |
| ~ dressing room | a room in which you can change clothes. |
| ~ greenroom | a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors. |
| ~ home theater, home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater. |
| ~ little theater, little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups. |
| ~ music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged. |
| ~ opera house, opera | a building where musical dramas are performed. |
| ~ orchestra | seating on the main floor in a theater. |
| ~ orchestra pit, pit | lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers. |
| ~ parquet | seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle. |
| ~ parquet circle, parterre | seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies). |
| ~ stage | a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience.; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box" |
| ~ standing room | room for passengers or spectators to stand.; "there was standing room for thousands more people" |
| ~ theater stage, theatre stage | a stage in a theater on which actors can perform. |
| ~ tiered seat | seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front. |
| ~ dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatre | the art of writing and producing plays. |
| n. (artifact) | 12. house | a building in which something is sheltered or located.; "they had a large carriage house" |
| ~ bagnio, bathhouse | a building containing public baths. |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ courthouse | a building that houses judicial courts. |
| ~ field house, sports arena | a building for indoor sports. |
| ~ icehouse | a house for storing ice. |
| ~ meat house | a small house (on a farm) where meat is stored. |
| ~ oast house | a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof. |
| ~ pump house, pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated. |
| ~ meat house, smokehouse | a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish. |
| ~ stash house | a house where weapons and supplies are hidden.; "attacks on stash houses is the most frequently used method of counterterrorism" |
| v. (stative) | 13. house | contain or cover.; "This box houses the gears" |
| ~ accommodate, admit, hold | have room for; hold without crowding.; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" |
| v. (social) | 14. domiciliate, house, put up | provide housing for.; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" |
| ~ rehouse | put up in a new or different housing. |
| ~ home | provide with, or send to, a home. |
| ~ lodge, accommodate | provide housing for.; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" |
| ~ chamber | place in a chamber. |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
| ~ take in | provide with shelter. |
| cohabit | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ miscegenate | marry or cohabit with a person of another race. |
| dwell | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. brood, dwell | think moodily or anxiously about something. |
| ~ worry, care | be concerned with.; "I worry about my grades" |
| v. (stative) | 2. consist, dwell, lie, lie in | originate (in).; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 3. dwell, inhabit, live, populate | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ tenant | occupy as a tenant. |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | live or be located as a neighbor.; "the neighboring house" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ people | furnish with people.; "The plains are sparsely populated" |
| ~ overpopulate | cause to have too great a population.; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" |
| ~ cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ lodge | be a lodger; stay temporarily.; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" |
| ~ bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent | live in or as if in a tent.; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" |
| ~ nest | inhabit a nest, usually after building.; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ room, board | live and take one's meals at or in.; "she rooms in an old boarding house" |
| v. (stative) | 4. dwell, inhabit | exist or be situated within.; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (communication) | 5. dwell, harp | come back to.; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" |
| ~ ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| inhabit | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. inhabit | be present in.; "sweet memories inhabit this house" |
| ~ infest | live on or in a host, as of parasites. |
| ~ infest, overrun, invade | occupy in large numbers or live on a host.; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| occupy | | |
| v. (social) | 1. busy, occupy | keep busy with.; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" |
| ~ work | exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" |
| ~ putter, potter | work lightly.; "The old lady is pottering around in the garden" |
| ~ smatter, play around, dabble | work with in an amateurish manner.; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" |
| v. (stative) | 2. lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ move in | occupy a place.; "The crowds are moving in" |
| ~ stay at | reside temporarily.; "I'm staying at the Hilton" |
| ~ squat | occupy (a dwelling) illegally. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| ~ crash | occupy, usually uninvited.; "My son's friends crashed our house last weekend" |
| v. (stative) | 3. fill, occupy | occupy the whole of.; "The liquid fills the container" |
| ~ crowd | fill or occupy to the point of overflowing.; "The students crowded the auditorium" |
| ~ take up | take up time or space.; "take up the slack" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 4. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (competition) | 5. invade, occupy | march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation.; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ infest, overrun | invade in great numbers.; "the roaches infested our kitchen" |
| v. (possession) | 6. occupy, take, use up | require (time or space).; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ be | spend or use time.; "I may be an hour" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. absorb, engage, engross, occupy | consume all of one's attention or time.; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
| ~ involve | occupy or engage the interest of.; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" |
| ~ consume | engage fully.; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy" |
| ~ rivet | hold (someone's attention).; "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
| v. (social) | 8. fill, occupy, take | assume, as of positions or roles.; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" |
| ~ assume, take up, strike, take | occupy or take on.; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| reside | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ rusticate | live in the country and lead a rustic life. |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| v. (stative) | 2. repose, reside, rest | be inherent or innate in. |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| stay | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state.; "they had a nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-month stay in bankruptcy court" |
| ~ human action, human activity, act, deed | something that people do or cause to happen. |
| ~ sojourn, visit | a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest). |
| ~ layover, stopover, stop | a brief stay in the course of a journey.; "they made a stopover to visit their friends" |
| n. (state) | 2. arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption.; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" |
| ~ inaction, inactiveness, inactivity | the state of being inactive. |
| ~ countercheck | a check that restrains another check. |
| ~ logjam | any stoppage attributable to unusual activity.; "the legislation ran into a logjam" |
| n. (communication) | 3. stay | a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted.; "the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court" |
| ~ decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).; "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" |
| ~ stay of execution | an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. stay | a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset). |
| ~ strip, slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. stay | (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ backstay | a stay that supports the back of something. |
| ~ bracing, brace | a structural member used to stiffen a framework. |
| ~ forestay | an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast. |
| v. (change) | 6. remain, rest, stay | stay the same; remain in a certain state.; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" |
| ~ keep out | remain outside. |
| ~ sit tight | maintain the same position; wait it out.; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight" |
| ~ stay together, stick together | be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble.; "The two families stuck together throughout the war" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ stand | remain inactive or immobile.; "standing water" |
| ~ stay fresh, keep | fail to spoil or rot.; "These potatoes keep for a long time" |
| ~ be | to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form.; "let her be" |
| v. (motion) | 7. stay, stay put, stick, stick around | stay put (in a certain place).; "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" |
| ~ stay in place | be stationary. |
| v. (stative) | 8. abide, bide, stay | dwell.; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ visit | stay with as a guest.; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month" |
| ~ outstay, overstay | stay too long.; "overstay or outstay one's welcome" |
| ~ stay on, remain, stay, continue | continue in a place, position, or situation.; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" |
| v. (stative) | 9. continue, remain, stay, stay on | continue in a place, position, or situation.; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ abide, bide, stay | dwell.; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" |
| ~ hold over | continue a term of office past the normal period of time. |
| v. (motion) | 10. stay | remain behind.; "I had to stay at home and watch the children" |
| v. (change) | 11. delay, detain, stay | stop or halt.; "Please stay the bloodshed!" |
| ~ retard, delay, check | slow the growth or development of.; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" |
| v. (stative) | 12. persist, remain, stay | stay behind.; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
| ~ stick | endure.; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life" |
| ~ linger | remain present although waning or gradually dying.; "Her perfume lingered on" |
| v. (stative) | 13. last out, outride, ride out, stay | hang on during a trial of endurance.; "ride out the storm" |
| ~ outstay | surpass in staying power.; "They outstayed their competitors" |
| v. (social) | 14. stay | stop a judicial process.; "The judge stayed the execution order" |
| ~ kibosh, block, halt, stop | stop from happening or developing.; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" |
| v. (contact) | 15. stay | fasten with stays. |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| v. (consumption) | 16. appease, quell, stay | overcome or allay.; "quell my hunger" |
| ~ fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill | fill or meet a want or need. |
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