Definition of "stay" []

• To continue to be in a place or condition: stay home; stay calm. (verb-intransitive)
• To remain or sojourn as a guest or lodger: stayed at a motel. (verb-intransitive)
• To stop moving; halt. (verb-intransitive)
• To wait; pause. (verb-intransitive)
• To endure or persist: stayed with the original plan. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I call the Republican position to stay the course ’stay and pray’………counters ‘cut and run’ pretty well, wouldn’t you say?"
• "At the same time they were saying “The policy is to stay the course,” the president was saying “The policy has never been ’stay the course.’”"
• "I was wishing I could just stay and _stay_ in this room. ""