STAYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stays mean? 

• STAYS (noun)
  The noun STAYS has 1 sense:

1. a woman's close-fitting foundation garment

  Familiarity information: STAYS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAYS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woman's close-fitting foundation garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corset; girdle; stays

Hypernyms ("stays" is a kind of...):

foundation; foundation garment (a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stays"):

panty girdle (a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties)

 Context examples 

That’s a long time for Venus to spend in Gemini, as Venus typically stays in one sign for four weeks, not four months.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Without enough insulin, the glucose stays in your blood.

(Diabetes, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Without insulin, too much sugar stays in the blood.

(Diabetes in Children and Teens, NIH)

In addition to unexplained sources of CCl4, the model results showed the chemical stays in the atmosphere 40 percent longer than previously thought.

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

But I do not want people to call me a fool, and if my head stays stuffed with straw instead of with brains, as yours is, how am I ever to know anything?

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

As long as she stays there, it is all very well.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It is a form of the anticancer drug PEG-asparaginase that stays in the body longer.

(Calaspargase Pegol, NCI Dictionary)

However, if you don't treat the infection, it stays in your body.

(Chagas Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Once CMV is in a person's body, it stays there for life.

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The virus stays in your body for life.

(Genital Herpes, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)