hold vs stay

verb

Not to move; to halt; to stop.
To detain.
To take place, to occur.
In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
To have and keep possession of something.
To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
To contain or store.
To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To win one's own service game.
To cause to wait or delay.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
To maintain, to consider, to opine.
To grasp or grip.
To reserve.
To bear, carry, or manage.
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.

noun

The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Power over someone or something.
A place where animals are held for safety
An act or instance of holding.
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
A position or grip used to control the opponent.
The wager amount, the total hold.
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
The ability to persist.
An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Something reserved or kept.
A grasp or grip.
The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.

verb

To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
To live; reside
To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To brace or support with a stay or stays
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
To continue to have a particular quality.
To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
To hold the attention of.
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
To tack; put on the other tack.

noun

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.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
A corset.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
A prop; a support.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.

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