Stay vs Post - What's the difference?
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(nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
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.
(chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
(nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
(nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
(nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (Bible), (w) xvii. 12
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
* (Richard Hooker) (1554-1600)
To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
To hold the attention of.
To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To wait for; await.
To rest; depend; rely.
* (w) 30:12, (w)
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
To come to an end; cease.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
To make a stand; stand.
To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
* , chapter=5
, title= To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
To continue to have a particular quality.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
* Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
(obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
To cause to cease; to put an end to.
* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
* (Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
To fasten or secure with stays.
A prop; a support.
* Milton
* Addison
* Coleridge
(archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
* Milton
* Hayward
(archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
(nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
* Herbert
* Francis Bacon
* Philips
A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
(obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
Steep; ascending.
(of a roof) Steeply pitched.
Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
Steeply.
A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
(construction) a stud; a two-by-four
A pole in a battery
(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes
(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches
(sports) goalpost
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(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
* S. Rowlands
To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
* Granville
(accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
* Arbuthnot
To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up .
* London Saturday Review
(poker) To pay (a blind)
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.
A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
* Archbishop Abbot
* Shakespeare
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 199:
An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
* Alexander Pope
A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.
A message posted in an electronic forum.
A location on a basketball court near the basket.
(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.
(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
* Palfrey
To send an item of mail.
To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste.
* Shakespeare
* Milton
(UK, horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially in trotting.
(Internet) To publish a message to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills , Folio 2005, p. 93:
sent via the postal service
An assigned station; a guard post.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= An appointed position in an organization.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian
, title= To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
To assign to a station; to set; to place.
* De Quincey
after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications
* 2008 , Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian ,
* 2008 , Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian ,
As nouns the difference between stay and post
is that stay is (nautical) a strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel or stay can be a prop; a support while post is post, mail.As a verb stay
is (nautical) to incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays or stay can be to prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.As an adjective stay
is steep; ascending.As an adverb stay
is steeply.stay
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* backstay * bobstay * forestay * jackstay * mainstay * staylace * stayless * staymaker * stayman * staysail * stayship * triatic stayVerb
(en verb)- stay a mast
- to stay ship
Etymology 2
From (etyl) steyen, staien, from (etyl) estayer, . More at (l), (l). Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from (etyl) ester, , from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical groundsWhitney, Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia , stay.. An alternative etymology derives (etyl) estaye, estaie, from Old (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Verb
(en verb)- Your ships are stay'd at Venice.
- This business staid me in London almost a week.
- I was willing to stay my reader on an argument that appeared to me new.
- Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side.
- Sallows and reedsfor vineyards useful found / To stay thy vines.
- all that may stay their minds from thinking that true which they heartily wish were false
- She will not stay the siege of loving terms, / Nor bide the encounter of assailing eyes.
- Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon.
- I stay here on my bond.
- That day the storm stayed .
- Here my commission stays .
- I must stay a little on one action.
- That horse stays well.
- She would command the hasty sun to stay .
- Stay , I command you; stay and hear me first.
- I stay a little longer, as one stays / To cover up the embers that still burn.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.}}
- I'll tell thee all my whole device / When I am in my coach, which stays for us.
- The father cannot stay any longer for the fortune.
- The flames augment, and stay / At their full height, then languish to decay.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
- He has devoured a whole loaf of bread and butter, and it has not staid his stomach for a minute.
- I stay dinner there.
- Stay your strife.
- For flattering planets seemed to say / This child should ills of ages stay .
- to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler
Derived terms
* bestay * forestay * forstay * gainstay * here to stay * offstay * onstay * outstay * overstay * stay-at-home * stay behind * stay-button * stayer * stay hungry * stay on * stay over * stay put * stay the course * stay up * * understay * unstay * unstayed * upstaySee also
* abide * belive * continue * dwell * live * remain * resideReferences
Etymology 3
From (etyl) *. See above.Noun
(en noun)- My only strength and stay .
- Trees serve as so many stays for their vines.
- Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
- Made of sphere metal, never to decay / Until his revolution was at stay .
- Affairs of state seemed rather to stand at a stay .
- stand at a stay
- The governor granted a stay of execution.
- I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii.
- Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays .
- The wisdom, stay , and moderation of the king.
- With prudent stay he long deferred / The rough contention.
- Where are the stays for my collar?
- They were able to read good authors without any stay , if the book were not false.
Derived terms
* gay for the stay * staycationEtymology 4
From (etyl) , see (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en-adj)Adverb
(en-adv)Statistics
*Anagrams
* 1000 English basic wordspost
English
(wikipedia post)Alternative forms
* poast (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post . }}
- When God sends coin / I will discharge your post .
Derived terms
* doorpost * fencepost * from pillar to post * gatepost * goalpost * hitching post * king post * lamppost * listening post * milepost * newel post * post hole * * scratching post * signpost * tool postVerb
(en verb)- Post no bills.
- to post someone for cowardice
- On pain of being posted to your sorrow / Fail not, at four, to meet me.
- You have not posted your books these ten years.
- thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day
- Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a stage or railway post
- In certain places there be always fresh posts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post .
- information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.
- sent via ''post'''; ''parcel '''post
- I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post .
- Two of the receivers ran post patterns.
- In post he came.
- He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Verb
(en verb)- Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
- Post speedily to my lord your husband.
- And post o'er land and ocean without rest.
- I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.
Derived terms
*Adverb
(-)- In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post .
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post .
Descendants
* German: (l)Etymology 3
Probably from (etyl) poste.Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism, passage=She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post . But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.}}
Verb
(en verb)- Post a sentinel in front of the door.
- It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, or to get him posted .
Etymology 4
From (etyl) postPreposition
(English prepositions)online,
- One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
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- Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.