ALL meanings of staid
staid
S s - verb staid Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of stay1 . 1
- verb without object staid (of a ship) to change to the other tack. 1
- verb with object staid to support or secure with a stay or stays: to stay a mast. 1
- verb with object staid to put (a ship) on the other tack. 1
- noun staid any of various strong ropes or wires for steadying masts, funnels, etc. 1
- idioms staid in stays, (of a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel) heading into the wind with sails shaking, as in coming about. 1
- adjective staid prudish, proper 1
- adjective staid of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious. 1
- adjective staid fixed, settled, or permanent. 1
- adjective staid If you say that someone or something is staid, you mean that they are serious, dull, and rather old-fashioned. 0
- adjective staid of a settled, sedate, and steady character 0
- adjective staid permanent 0
- abbreviation STAID stay1 0
- adjective staid resisting change; fixed 0
- adjective staid sober; sedate; settled and steady 0