Definitions for STALE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. staleadjective

   lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

   "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"

2. cold, stale, dusty, moth-eatenverb

   lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"

3. staleverb

   urinate, of cattle and horses

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STALEadjective

   Etymology: stelle, Dutch.

   1. Old; long kept; altered by time. Stale is not used of persons otherwise than in contempt.

   This, Richard, is a curious case:
   Suppose your eyes sent equal rays
   Upon two distant pots of ale,
   Not knowing which was mild or stale;
   In this sad state your doubtful choice
   Would never have the casting voice. Matthew Prior.

   A stale virgin sets up a shop in a place where she is not known. Spectator.

   2. Used ’till it is of no use or esteem; worn out of regard or notice.

   The duke regarded not the muttering multitude, knowing that rumours grow stale and vanish with time. John Hayward.

   About her neck a pacquet mail,
   Fraught with advice, some fresh, some stale. Samuel Butler.

   Many things beget opinion; so doth novelty: wit itself, if stale, is less taking. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol.

   Pompey was a perfect favourite of the people; but his pretensions grew stale for want of a timely opportunity of introducing them upon the stage. Jonathan Swift.

   They reason and conclude by precedent,
   And own stale nonsense which they ne’er invent. Alexander Pope.

2. Stalenoun

   Etymology: from stælan , Saxon, to steal.

   1. Something exhibited or offered as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose.

   His heart being wholly delighted in deceiving us, we could never be warned; but rather one bird caught, served for a stale to bring in more. Philip Sidney.

   Still as he went he crafty stales did lay,
   With cunning trains him to entrap unwares;
   And privy spials plac’d in all his way,
   To weet what course he takes, and how he fares. Fa. Qu.

   The trumpery in my house bring hither,
   For stale to catch these thieves. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Had he none else to make a stale but me?
   I was the chief that rais’d him to the crown,
   And I’ll be chief to bring him down again. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   A pretence of kindness is the universal stale to all base projects: by this men are robbed of their fortunes, and women of their honour. Government of the Tongue.

   It may be a vizor for the hypocrite, and a stale for the ambitious. Decay of Piety.

   This easy fool must be my stale, set up
   To catch the people’s eyes: he’s tame and merciful;
   Him I can manage. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   2. In William Shakespeare it seems to signify a prostitute.

   I stand dishonour’d, that have gone about
   To link my dear friend to a common stale. William Shakespeare.

   3. [From stale, adj.] Urine; old urine.4. Old beer; beer somewhat acidulated.5. [ Stele, Dutch, a stick.] A handle.

   It hath a long stale or handle, with a button at the end for one’s hand. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

3. To Staleverb

   To wear out; to make old.

   Etymology: from the adjective

   Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
   Her infinite variety. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   Were I a common laughter, or did use
   To stale with ordinary oaths my love
   To every new protestor. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   A barren-spirited fellow, one that feeds
   On abject orts and imitations;
   Which, out of use, and stal’d by other men,
   Begin his fashion. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

4. To Staleverb

   To make water.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Having ty’d his beast t’ a pale,
   And taken time for both to stale. Hudibras.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stale

   Staling, or "going stale", is a chemical and physical process in bread and similar foods that reduces their palatability - stale bread is dry and hard.

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1. stale

   Stale refers to something, often food, that is no longer fresh or good to consume due to age or exposure to air. It can also refer to something that has become dull, tedious, or no longer new or interesting due to overuse or repetition.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stalenoun

   the stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake

2. Staleverb

   vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer

3. Staleverb

   not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread

4. Staleverb

   having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed

5. Staleverb

   worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common

6. Staleverb

   to make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out

7. Staleadjective

   to make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle

8. Staleverb

   that which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use

9. Staleverb

   a prostitute

10. Staleverb

    urine, esp. that of beasts

11. Staleverb

    something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon

12. Staleverb

    a stalking-horse

13. Staleverb

    a stalemate

14. Staleverb

    a laughingstock; a dupe

15. Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]

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1. Stale

   Stale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grębów, within Tarnobrzeg County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres west of Grębów, 6 km east of Tarnobrzeg, and 62 km north of the regional capital Rzeszów.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stale

   stāl, adj. too long kept: tainted: vapid or tasteless from age, as beer: not new: worn out by age: decayed: no longer fresh, trite: in athletics, over-trained, hence unfit, as in 'gone stale.'—n. anything become stale: urine of cattle, &c.: (Shak.) a whore.—v.t. to render insipid, to make common.—v.i. to make water, as beasts.—adv. Stale′ly.—n. Stale′ness. [Prov. Eng. stale, conn. with Old Dut. stel, old. Skeat makes stale that which reminds one of the stable, tainted, &c.—Sw. stalla, to put into a stall, also to stale (as cattle)—Sw. stall, a stable.]

2. Stale

   stāl, n. something offered or exhibited as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose: (Spens.) a decoy, a gull: (Shak.) a dupe, laughing-stock.—n. Stall, a thief's assistant. [A.S. stalu, theft—stelan, to steal.]

3. Stale

   stāl, n. the handle of anything, a stalk. [A.S. stæl, stel, a stalk.]

Matched Categories

1. • Urinate

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of STALE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of STALE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of STALE in a Sentence

1. Ashwali Monga:

   You're signaling freshness, you're signaling' natural'... all the good things that make food good, if I'm a grocery store then that's how I want you to see my store — logistically, if this person can manage fresh flowers and sell them, this person isn't going to sell stale food.

2. Vanessa Spinazola:

   They permit both the prosecution and the defense to try the case before evidence is stale, as more time lapses, it becomes increasingly difficult for the accused to prepare a meaningful defense.

3. Colton Wilson:

   Bottled water tastes like stale rocks

4. Taylor Budowich:

   It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe.

5. Bob Nolan:

   I think frozen food was pretty stale five years ago, we worked really hard the last four years to modernize [ the category ].

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=STALE
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=STALE
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stale
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/STALE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=STALE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=STALE