stale

IPA: stˈeɪɫ

noun

  • (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
  • A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
  • (dialectal) One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
  • One of the rungs on a ladder.
  • (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
  • The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
  • (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
  • (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
  • (military, obsolete) An ambush.
  • (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
  • (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
  • (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
  • (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
  • (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
  • (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
  • (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
  • (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
  • (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
  • (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

verb

  • (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
  • (transitive) 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.
  • (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
  • (alcoholic beverages, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
  • (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
  • (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
  • (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
  • (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

adjective

  • (alcoholic beverages, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
  • No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
  • No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
  • (obsolete) No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
  • (in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
  • (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
  • (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
  • Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
  • (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
  • (computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
  • (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
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Examples of "stale" in Sentences

  • All the pages went stale.
  • The meat was pretty stale.
  • The air in the hold was hot and stale.
  • I found some stale corn flakes in the pantry.
  • He found some stale corn flakes in the pantry.
  • Did the writers think the show was going stale
  • Blnguyen ran the CU but the previous accounts are stale.
  • In the end, it never happened, the thread went stale in the archives.
  • Another editor saw that the discussion was stale and removed the notice.
  • It simply wafts up, once again, the old stale odors of conspiracy theory.

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