To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
To live; reside
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 restrain; withhold; check; stop.
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.
Steep; ascending.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
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.
Steeply.
To move sideways in its trajectory.
To move one's arm in a punching motion.
To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
To turn in a different direction.
To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
To ride on a swing.
To dance.
To fluctuate or change.
(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
Influence or power of anything put in motion.
The amount of change towards or away from something.
The genre of music associated with this dance style.
The manner in which something is swung.
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
A dance style.
In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
A type of hook with the arm more extended.
A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.