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Stale

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Meaning

Adj

●
In Alcoholic beverages:
Clear,
of
and
;
and strong.
●
No
,
food,
,
,
, etc.
●
No
, new, or
,
and
things;
,
, dated.
●
No
or
for
,
people;
prime.
●
Not new or
; having been
or
for some time.
●
In Agriculture:
Fallow,
land.
●
In Law:
Unreasonably long in
,
and actions.
●
Worn out,
due
or over-exertion,
and
in competition.
●
In Finance:
Out of
,
for an
amount of time,
checks.
●
In Computing:
Of
:
; not
with the
copy.
●
In Chess:
At a
; stalemated.

Noun

●
Something
; a
of
or the
is
fresh.
●
A long,
(of
,
, etc.)
●
One of the
or
of a ladder.
●
One of the
on a ladder.
●
In Botany:
The
of a plant.
●
The
of an
,
, etc.
●
In Military:
A
,
a soldier's in a battle-line.
●
In Chess:
A
; a
game.
●
In Military:
An ambush.
●
A
of
or hunters.
●
In Scottish English & Military:
The main
of an army.
●
Urine, especially used of
and cattle.
●
In Falconry & Hunting:
A
to
or others
into a trap.
●
Any
,
people used as
bait.
●
In Crime:
An
of a
or
as bait.
●
a
whose
or
him
another.
●
A
, a
, someone used under some
to forward another's (usu.
)
; a
horse.
●
In Crime:
A
of the
; any
woman.
●
In Hunting:
Any
, either
or manufactured.

Verb

●
To make
;
in order to
and
(a
, especially beer).
●
To make
; to cause
or
; to
the
or interest of,
by
or consumption.
●
To become
; to
from
or consumption.
●
In Alcoholic beverages:
To become
; to
from age.
●
To make a
by
("stales") between the posts.
●
In Chess:
To stalemate.
●
In Chess:
To be stalemated.
●
To
, especially used of
and cattle.
●
To
as a
, to lure.
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Origin

stale
English
arrow
estal
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym

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