stale

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Synonyms: state, stare, stall, stave, stalk, stage, style, stable, stake, tale, stele

Antonyms: state, stare, stall, stave, stalk, stage, style, stable, stake, tale, stele

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Adjective

1. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
2. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
3. Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
4. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
   • a stale affidavit
   • a stale demand
5. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
6. Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
7. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
   • The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.
8. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage; past one's prime.
9. Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
10. Fallow, in reference to land.

Noun

1. Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

Verb

1. To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
2. To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
3. To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
4. To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).

Noun

1. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
2. One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
3. One of the rungs on a ladder.
4. The stem of a plant.
5. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

Verb

1. To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

Noun

1. A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
2. A stalemate; a stalemated game.
3. An ambush.
4. A band of armed men or hunters.
5. The main force of an army.

Adjective

1. At a standstill; stalemated.

Verb

1. To stalemate.
2. To be stalemated.

Noun

1. Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

Verb

1. To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

Noun

1. A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
2. Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
3. An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
4. a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
5. A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
6. A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
7. Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

Verb

1. To serve as a decoy, to lure.

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