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stay in

stay in verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.

Verb

stay in (third-person singular simple present stays in, present participle staying in, simple past and past participle stayed in)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
    • I don't like to stay in motels.
    • I stayed in the house until it stopped raining.
  2. (intransitive) To remain at home.
    • My friends invited me out on Saturday, but instead I stayed in and watched television.
    Antonyms:
    go out

stay in meaning in Tamil

stay in in Tamil

to stay in
தங்கு taṅku

Antonyms of stay in

Forms of stay in

third-person singular presentstays in
present participlestaying in
past participlestayed in
paststayed in

Questions about stay in

What does stay in mean?
Stay in means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
What is stay in in Tamil?
Stay in in Tamil is தங்கு (taṅku). See Stay in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stay in?
Stay in is a verb.
What is the past tense of stay in?
The past tense of stay in is stayed in.

Words near stay in in the dictionary

  1. stay bolt
  2. stay bolts
  3. stay classy
  4. stay frosty
  5. stay hungry
  6. stay in
  7. stay in one's lane
  8. stay loose
  9. stay on
  10. stay out
  11. stay over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stay in (page history and authors); தங்கு (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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