stay

IPA(Pronunciation)

/steɪ/

Verb

transitive intransitive

To brace or support with a stay or stays / (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays. / (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

Japanese Meaning

固定具（stay）などを用いて支持し、補強する / （航海用）stay（索具）を使って、船体を前方、後方、または側方に傾ける / （航海用）タッキングする、すなわち船の進行方向を逆にするために向きを変える

What is this buttons?

Before the storm, they stay the mainmast with extra rigging to keep it from collapsing.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

嵐の前に、彼らは追加の索具でマストをステーのように補強して倒壊を防いだ。

Details

Sense（1）

To brace or support with a stay or stays

stay a mast

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（2）

(transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.

Sense（3）

(transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.

to stay ship

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（4）

(intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

stays

（ present singular third-person ）

staying

（ participle present ）

stayed

（ participle past ）

stayed

（ past ）

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