A delay. (stayed)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
stay (noun)1.
a large strong rope usually of wire used to support a mast
2.
- guy
transitive verb
1.
to secure upright with or as if with - stays
2.
intransitive verb
to incline (a mast) forward, aft, or to one side by the stays to go about - tack
intransitive verb
1.
to stop going forward - pause
2.
to stop doing something - cease
3.
to continue in a place or condition - remain stayed up all night went for a short vacation but stayed on for weeks stay put till I come back
4.
to stand firm
5.
to take up residence - lodge
6.
to keep even in a contest or rivalry - stay with the leaders
7.
to call a poker bet without raising
8.
transitive verb
obsolete to be in waiting or attendance
1.
to wait for - await
2.
to stick or remain with (as a race or trial of endurance) to the end - usually used in the phrase stay the course
3.
to remain during - stayed the whole time
4.
a) to stop or delay the proceeding or advance of by or as if by interposing an obstacle - halt
b) to check the course of (as a disease)
c) - allay pacify stayed tempers
d) to quiet the hunger of temporarily defer
1.
a) the action of halting the state of being stopped
b) a stopping or suspension of procedure or execution by judicial or executive order
2.
obsolete - self-control moderation
3.
a residence or sojourn in a place
4.
capacity for endurance
1.
one that serves as a prop - support
2.
a thin firm strip (as of plastic) used for stiffening a garment or part (as a shirt collar)
3.
a corset stiffened with bones - usually used in plural
transitive verb
1.
to provide physical or moral support for - sustain
2.
to fix on something as a foundation
