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Definition of 'Stall'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stall
a compartment, as in a stable, for the accommodation of one animal.

2.  stall
a stable or shed for horses or cattle.

3.  stall
a booth or stand in which merchandise is displayed for sale (often used in combination):
a bookstall.

4.  stall
one of a number of enclosed seats in the choir or chancel of a church for the use of the clergy.

5.  stall
a pew.

6.  stall
any small compartment for a specific activity or housing a specific thing:
a shower stall.

7.  stall
a marked space for parking a car, as in a parking lot.

8.  stall
an instance of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, esp. by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or by overloading it.

9.  stall
the resulting condition.

10.  stall
an instance of causing an airplane to fly at an angle of attack greater than the angle of maximum lift, causing loss of control and a downward spin.

11.  stall
the resulting condition.

12.  stall
Brit. a chairlike seat in a theater, esp. one in the front section of the parquet.

13. (v.t.) stall
to put or keep in a stall, as an animal or a car.

14.  stall
to cause (a motor or vehicle) to stop, esp. by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or overloading it.

15.  stall
to put (an airplane) into a stall.

16.  stall
to bring to a standstill; check the progress or motion of.

17. (v.i.) stall
(of an engine, car, airplane, etc.) to become stalled (sometimes fol. by out).

18.  stall
to come to a standstill; be brought to a stop.

19. (v.i.) stall
to delay, esp. by evasion or deception.

20.  stall
Sports. to prolong holding the ball as a tactic to prevent the opponent from scoring, as when one's team has the lead.

21. (v.t.) stall
to delay or put off, esp. by evasion or deception (often fol. by off).

22. (n.) stall
a pretext, as a ruse or trick, used to delay or deceive.

23.  stall
Slang. the member of a pickpocket's team who distracts the victim long enough for the theft to take place.

Etymology: (1490–1500; earlier stale decoy bird, OE stæl- decoy (in stælhrān decoy reindeer); akin to stall¹)

Definition of 'Stall'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stall
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

2. (noun) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk
small area set off by walls for special use

3. (noun) stall, stand, sales booth
a booth where articles are displayed for sale

4. (noun) stall
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
"the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"

5. (noun) stall
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

6. (noun) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall
small individual study area in a library

7. (verb) stall, stalling
a tactic used to mislead or delay

8. (verb) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

9. (verb) stall, conk
come to a stop
"The car stalled in the driveway"

10. (verb) stall
deliberately delay an event or action
"she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

11. (verb) stall
put into, or keep in, a stall
"Stall the horse"

12. (verb) stall
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

13. (verb) stall
cause an airplane to go into a stall

14. (verb) stall
cause an engine to stop
"The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

Definition of 'Stall'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stall
a walled area for a farm animal in a barn
pigs in their stalls

2.  stall
a table or other structure for displaying goods that are for sale
She sells fruit from her market stall.

3.  stall
a walled area that contains a shower or toilet
the stalls in a public bathroom

4. (verb) stall
to stop or delay
The negotiations have stalled.; Lack of equipment has stalled the building work.

5.  stall
(of an engine) to stop working suddenly, or to make an engine stop
The plane's engine stalled.; I kept stalling it as I tried to start.

6.  stall
to cause delays in order to gain time
Stall her until I get there.; I could tell she was stalling.

Definition of 'Stall'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Stall
a stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal

2. (verb) Stall
a stable; a place for cattle

3. (verb) Stall
a small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall

4. (verb) Stall
a bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale

5. (verb) Stall
a seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving

6. (verb) Stall
in the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc

7. (verb) Stall
the space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post

8. (verb) Stall
to put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox

9. (verb) Stall
to fatten; as, to stall cattle

10. (verb) Stall
to place in an office with the customary formalities; to install

11. (verb) Stall
to plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart

12. (verb) Stall
to forestall; to anticipitate. Having

13. (verb) Stall
to keep close; to keep secret

14. (verb) Stall
to live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell

15. (verb) Stall
to kennel, as dogs

16. (verb) Stall
to be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast

17. (verb) Stall
to be tired of eating, as cattle

Translation of 'Stall'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a compartment in a cowshed etc cattle stalls.
Afrikaans: stal	Arabic: مَرْبَط الحَيَوان في الإس	Bulgarian: (отделение в) краварник
Brazilian: estábulo	Czech: kotec	German: die Box
Danish: bås; -bås	Greek: χώρισμα στάβλου	Estonian: latter
Farsi: دكه	Finnish: karsina	French: stalle
Hebrew: תָּא	Hindi: थान	Croatian: pregradak u stali
Hungarian: rekesz,állás	Indonesian: istal	Icelandic: bás
Italian: stalla, scuderia	Japanese: 畜舎	Korean: (마구간의
Lithuanian: gardas, pertvara	Latvian: steliņģis	Malay: gerai
Dutch: hok	Norwegian: bås	Polish: przegroda, stanowisko
Portuguese: estábulo	Romanian: boxă de grajd	Russian: стойло
Slovak: chliev, stajňa	Slovenian: pregradek	Serbian: štala
Swedish: spilta, bås	Thai: คอกสัคว์	Turkish: ahır
Taiwanese: (畜)廄，欄	Ukrainian: стійло	Urdu: عمارت یا اصطبل کا ایک کمر
Vietnamese: ngăn, chuồng	Chinese: （畜）厩，栏
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