Guy vs. Stay — What's the Difference?

A man

To continue to be in a place or condition

A figure representing Guy Fawkes, burnt on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night, and often displayed by children begging for money for fireworks.

To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger

A rope or line fixed to the ground to secure a tent or other structure.

To linger or wait in order to do or experience something

Make fun of; ridicule

To continue or persist in an action or activity

Secure with a guy or guys

To keep up in a race or contest

A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.

(Games) To meet a bet in poker without raising it.

(Informal) A man; a fellow.

(Archaic) To stop moving or stop doing something.

Guys(Informal) Persons of either sex.

To remain during

Chiefly British A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.

To stop or restrain; check

Often Guy An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.

To suspend by legal order the implementation of (a planned action), especially pending further proceedings

To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.

To satisfy or appease temporarily

To hold up to ridicule; mock.

(Archaic) To wait for; await

(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

To brace, support, or prop up

(dated) A person of eccentric appearance or dress; a "fright".

To put (a ship) on the opposite tack or to come about.

(colloquial) A man, fellow.

A brief period of residence or visiting.

A person see usage notes.

The order by which a planned action is stayed.

Character, personality (not referring to a person, but pretending to)

The consequence of such an order.

Buster, Mack, fella, bud, man.

The act of halting; check.

A guide; a leader or conductor.

The act of coming to a halt.

A support rope or cable used to aid in hoisting or lowering.

A support or brace.

A support to secure or steady structures prone to shift their position or be carried away (e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension bridge).

A strip of bone, plastic, or metal, used to stiffen a garment or part, such as a corset or shirt collar.

(intransitive) To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.

Stays A corset.

(transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.

(Nautical) A heavy rope or cable, usually of wire, used as a brace or support for a mast or spar.

To play in a comedic manner.

A rope used to steady, guide, or brace.

To equip with a support cable.

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

A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.

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

A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.

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

A person of queer looks or dress.

To restrain; withhold; check; stop.

A man or young man; a fellow; - usually contrasted with gals or girls as, it was fun for both the guys and gals; the guys were watching football while the girls played bridge.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

A member of a group of either sex, usually a friend or comrade; - usually used in the pl.; as, tell the guys to come inside; are any of you guys interested in a game of tennis?.

To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.

To steady or guide with a guy.

(transitive) To hold the attention of. en

To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.

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

An informal term for a youth or man;

To wait for; await.

An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day

To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).

A rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

To rest; depend; rely.

Subject to laughter or ridicule;

To stop; come to a stand or standstill.

Steady or support with with a guy wire or cable;

To come to an end; cease.

To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.

To make a stand; to stand firm.

(intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.

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

To wait; rest in patience or expectation.

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

To continue to have a particular quality.

To live; reside

To brace or support with a stay or stays

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

To tack; put on the other tack.

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

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

(legal) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

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

A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.

(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

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

(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.

A prop; a support.

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

(in the plural) A corset.

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

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

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.

The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

Steep; ascending.

(of a roof) Steeply pitched.

Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.

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

Steeply.

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.

That which serves as a prop; a support.

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

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

Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.

Hindrance; let; check.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.

To cause to cease; to put an end to.

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

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

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

To continue in a state.

To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

To dwell; to tarry; to linger.

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

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

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

To change tack, as a ship.

Continuing or remaining in a place or state;

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

The state of inactivity following an interruption;

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

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

Stay the same; remain in a certain state;

Stay put (in a certain place);

Dwell;

Continue in a place, position, or situation;

Remain behind;

Stop or halt;

Stay behind;

A trial of endurance;

Stop a judicial process;

Fasten with stays

Overcome or allay;