Synonyms of the word stays


STAYSCORSET - FOUNDATION - GIRDLE

stays

  • n. plural of stay.
  • n. (plural only) A corset.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay.

corset

  • n. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
  • n. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
  • v. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

foundation

  • n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
  • n. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the…
  • n. (figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise…
  • n. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build,…
  • n. (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing…
  • n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund;…
  • n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
  • n. (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and…
  • n. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

girdle

  • n. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
  • n. A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually…
  • n. The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • n. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
  • n. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  • n. The clitellum of an earthworm.
  • n. (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle.
  • v. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  • v. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

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