"stay at home" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stay at home (not comparable)
  1. Alternative spelling of stay-at-home Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: stay-at-home
    Sense id: en-stay_at_home-en-adj-0gzKZS7e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 46 40 2

Noun

Forms: stay at homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stay at home (plural stay at homes)
  1. A person who prefers to stay at home rather than socialize. Synonyms: homebody
    Sense id: en-stay_at_home-en-noun-3Zo9J94z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 46 40 2

Verb

Forms: stays at home [present, singular, third-person], staying at home [participle, present], stayed at home [participle, past], stayed at home [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stay at home (third-person singular simple present stays at home, present participle staying at home, simple past and past participle stayed at home)
  1. Not to vote in an election; not to turn out; not to make it to the polls Translations (to not leave one's home): blive hjemme (Danish)
    Sense id: en-stay_at_home-en-verb-a07PlACB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 46 40 2 Disambiguation of "to not leave one's home": 77 23
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, at, home.
    Sense id: en-stay_at_home-en-verb-RsFGbOhS

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for stay at home meaning in English (2.8kB)

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