A prop; a support.
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 postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Steeply.
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 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.
Something which supports.
An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
Evidence.
An accompaniment in music.
Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
Financial or other help.
A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
To keep from falling.
To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
To help, particularly financially.
To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.