Look up: stale

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   stale
   [adj] - showing deterioration from age 2. [v] - urinate, of cattle and horses
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   Stale
   Coffee that has been exposed to oxygen for too long. It becomes flat and has a cardboard taste.
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   stale
   stale : of a check : held an unreasonable time after issue before being presented for payment at a bank. Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Stale
   Stale noun [ Middle English stale , stele , Anglo-Saxon stæl , stel ; akin to LG. & Dutch steel , German stiel ; confer Latin stilus stake, stalk, stem, Greek ... a handle, and English stall , stalk , noun ] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [ Written also steal , stele , etc.] « ...
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   Stale
   Stale adjective [ Akin to stale urine, and to stall , noun ; probably from Low German or Scandinavian . Cf . Stale , intransitive verb ] 1. Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer. 2. Not new; not freshly made; as, stel ...
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   Stale
   Stale transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Staled ; present participle & verbal noun Staling .] To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out. « Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.» Shak.
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   Stale
   Stale intransitive verb [ Akin to D. & German stallen , Danish stalle , Swedish stalla , and English stall a stable. ... 163. See Stall , noun , and confer Stale , adjective ] To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle. Hudibras.
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   Stale
   Stale noun [ See Stale , adjective & intransitive verb ] 1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [ Obsolete] 2. A prostitute. [ Obsolete] Shak. 3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. ' Stale of horses.' Shak.
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   Stale
   Stale noun [ Confer Old French estal place, position, abode, market, French étal a butcher's stall, Old High German stal station, place, stable, German stall (see Stall , noun ); or from Middle English stale theft, Anglo-Saxon stalu (see Steal , transitive verb )] 1. Something set, or ...
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    stale
    dusty adjective lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; `moth-eaten theories about race`
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    stale
    adjective showing deterioration from age; `stale bread`
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    Stale
    • (v. i.) Urine, esp. that of beasts. • (v. t.) Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon. • (n.) The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. • (v. i.) Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kep...
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