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STAY AT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reside temporarily
Example:
I'm staying at the Hilton
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "stay at" is one way to...):
lodge in; occupy; reside (live (in a certain place))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
The last of these voyages not proving very fortunate, I grew weary of the sea, and intended to stay at home with my wife and family.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Without the ‘mixing’ effect provided by the wind, the warm air will stay at the ceiling, unless there is another way for it to escape at the top of the room.
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
If Miss Woodhouse would not be displeased, she would rather stay at home.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
We were disposed, notwithstanding Mr. Micawber's stipulation for my aunt's attendance, to arrange that she should stay at home, and be represented by Mr. Dick and me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But now there was the less reason that I should stay at home, since my father was at her side, and so my mind was all filled by this prospect of my uncle’s visit, and of the chance that he might set my feet moving at last upon the road of life.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I will not bore those whom this narrative may reach by an account of our luxurious voyage upon the Booth liner, nor will I tell of our week's stay at Para (save that I should wish to acknowledge the great kindness of the Pereira da Pinta Company in helping us to get together our equipment).
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Harvilles had promised to come with her and stay at Uppercross, whenever she returned.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
They really go on Monday; and I was within a trifle of being persuaded to stay at Lessingby till that very day!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Will you allow me, or do I ask too much, to introduce my sister to your acquaintance during your stay at Lambton?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"I shall go to my Kings, though I'd much rather stay at home and attend to things here," said Meg, wishing she hadn't made her eyes so red.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
