What does stale mean?
Definitions for stale
steɪlstale
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word stale.
Princeton's WordNet
stale(adj)
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
"stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten(verb)
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
stale(verb)
urinate, of cattle and horses
Webster Dictionary
Stale(noun)
the stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
to make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(adj)
to make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
that which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
a prostitute
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Stale(verb)
urine, esp. that of beasts
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
a stalking-horse
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Stale(verb)
a stalemate
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Stale(verb)
a laughingstock; a dupe
Etymology: [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
Freebase
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 Dictionary
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.]
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.]
Stale
stāl, n. the handle of anything, a stalk. [A.S. stæl, stel, a stalk.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stale in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of stale in a Sentence
I wish there could have been an invention that bottled up a memory, like perfume, and it never faded, never got stale. Then whenever I wanted to, I could uncork that bottle and live the memory all over again.
The wise man is he who is not surprised when he finds stale tea in a beautiful teapot!
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.
Brothers and sisters: Now is not the time for thinking small, now is not the time for the same-old, same-old establishment politics and stale inside-the-Beltway ideas.
During a year when pale, male and stale men sitting in a dark room in Washington have tried to drive a wedge through us through hate and sexism and bigotry, we will march!
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- veraltet, schal, abgedroschen, altbacken, abgestandenGerman
- μπαγιάτικος, στάσιμοςGreek
- malfreŝaEsperanto
- anquilosado, viciado, manido, pasado, duro, revenidoSpanish
- kulunut, väljähtänyt, varsi, tympeä, ummehtunutFinnish
- défraîchi, croupi, rassis, vicié, rance, suranné, périmé, caduc, vieilliFrench
- stantioItalian
- לֹא טָרִיHebrew
- 陳腐, 古いJapanese
- ouderwets, onfris, taai, muf, ranzig, vervuildDutch
- rançoso, paradoPortuguese
- банальный, затхлый, несвежий, бородатый, избитый, чёрствыйRussian
- bajatAlbanian
- passéSwedish
- పాచిన, వాడిన, వడలినTelugu
- bayatTurkish
- 陳舊Chinese
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