Stalemate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock.
  • n. A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move.
  • v. To bring into a stalemate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
  • n. Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
  • v. To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
  • v. To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The position of the king when he can not move without being placed in check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
  • v. To subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In chess, a position in which a player, having to move in his turn, and his king not being in check, has no move available with any piece: in such a case the game is drawn; figuratively, any position in which no action can be taken.
  • In chess, to subject to a stalemate: usually said of one's self, not of one's adversary: as, white is stalemated.
  • To bring to a standstill; nonplus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. subject to a stalemate
  • n. drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
  • n. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
    • Verb Form
    stalemated    stalemates    stalemating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move    go    draw    tie    standoff   
    Cross Reference
    check   
    Same Context
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    economy    impasse    dicuss    nuke    rediscovery   
     
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