Example : The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it.
Rest assured.
Stay alone.
He remained unmoved by her tears.
The bad weather continued for another week.

Synonyms : remain, rest

Example : We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati.
Stay put in the corner here!.
Stick around and you will learn something!.

Synonyms : stay put, stick, stick around

Example : You can stay with me while you are in town.
Stay a bit longer--the day is still young.

Synonyms : abide, bide

Example : After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.
Stay with me, please.
Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year.
She continued as deputy mayor for another year.

Synonyms : continue, remain, stay on

Example : I had to stay at home and watch the children.

Example : Please stay the bloodshed!.

Synonyms : delay, detain

Example : The smell stayed in the room.
The hostility remained long after they made up.

Synonyms : persist, remain

Example : Ride out the storm.

Synonyms : last out, outride, ride out

Example : The judge stayed the execution order.

Example : Quell my hunger.

Synonyms : appease, quell

Example : They had a nice stay in Paris.
A lengthy hospital stay.
A four-month stay in bankruptcy court.

Example : The negotiations were in arrest.
Held them in check.
During the halt he got some lunch.
The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow.
He spent the entire stop in his seat.

Synonyms : arrest, check, halt, hitch, stop, stoppage

Example : The Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court.