Stale

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air.
  • adj. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke.
  • adj. Impaired in efficacy, vigor, or spirit, as from inactivity or boredom.
  • adj. Law Having lost effectiveness or force through lack of exercise or action.
  • v. To make or become stale.
  • verb-intransitive. To urinate. Used especially of horses and camels.
  • n. The urine of certain animals, especially horses and camels.
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  • adj. Having lost its freshness from age; (of food) still edible, but hard or unpleasant from age.
  • adj. No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; as, stale news, a stale joke, etc.
  • n. A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.
  • n. Any trap or lure.
  • n. A low class of prostitute (originally used as a decoy by other criminals).
  • n. A person's position, especially in a battle-line.
  • n. An ambush.
  • n. A division of armed men posted in a specific place, either for an ambush or for other reasons.
  • n. a handle of a broom or rake
  • n. Urine, especially of horses or cattle.
  • v. To urinate (of livestock, especially horses)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The stock or handle of anything.
  • adj. Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept.
  • adj. Not new; not freshly made.
  • adj. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
  • adj. Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
  • v. To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
  • verb-intransitive. To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
  • n. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
  • n. A prostitute.
  • n. Urine, esp. that of beasts.
  • n. Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
  • n. A stalking-horse.
  • n. A stalemate.
  • n. A laughingstock; a dupe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Theft; stealing; pilfering.
  • n. Stealth; stealthy movement.
  • n. Concealment; ambush.
  • n. A trap, gin, or snare.
  • n. An allurement; a bait; a decoy; a stool-pigeon: as, a stale for a foist or pickpocket.
  • n. An object of deception, scorn, derision, merriment, ridicule, or the like; a dupe; a laughing-stock.
  • n. A stalk; stem.
  • n. The stem of an arrow.
  • n. A handle; especially, a long handle, as that of a rake, ladle, etc.
  • n. A round or rung of a ladder; a step.
  • Old (and therefore strong): said of malt liquors, which in this condition were more in demand.
  • Old and lifeless; the worse for age or for keeping; partially spoiled.
  • Old and trite; lacking in novelty or freshness; hackneyed: as, stale news; a stale jest.
  • In athletics, overtrained; injured by overtraining: noting the person or his condition.
  • n. That which has become flat and tasteless, or spoiled by use or exposure, as stale beer.
  • n. A prostitute.
  • n. A stalemate.
  • To render stale, flat, or insipid; deprive of freshness, attraction, or interest; make common or cheap.
  • To make water; urinate: said of horses and cattle.
  • n. Urine of horses and cattle.
  • n. An old preterit of steal.
  • To be overtrained; be injured by the strain of long training, so that the response to stimulus, mental or physical, is impaired: said of horses and athletes, and also used figuratively.
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  • adj. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
  • v. urinate, of cattle and horses
  • adj. lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
    • Equivalent
    unoriginal    rotten    mouldy    putrescent    moldy    flyblown    bad    putrid    day-old    tainted   
    Antonym
    fresh   
    Verb Form
    staled    stales    staling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pass water    piss    relieve oneself    pee-pee    wee    wee-wee    piddle    spend a penny    make water    take a leak   
    Cross Reference
    claim    to go stale   
    Variant
    steal    stele   
    Form
    staled    staling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decayed    trite    common    prostitute    decoy    stalking-horse    stalemate    laughingstock    dupe    hackney   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bayle    Braille    Dail    Dale    Gael    Gail    Galle    Gayle    Hale    Jarrell   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    musty    sour    salty    pungent    rancid    sticky    spin-dry    moist    rotten    unpleasant   
     
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