stall | English to English Dictionary

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stall

(st/O/l )

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

source: wordnet30
small area set off by walls for special use(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
booth, cubicle, kiosk

source: wordnet30
a booth where articles are displayed for sale(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
sales booth, stand

source: wordnet30
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge(noun.event)

Example:
The plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it.

source: wordnet30
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
small individual study area in a library(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
carrel, carrell, cubicle

source: wordnet30
a tactic used to mislead or delay(noun.act)

Synonym:
stalling

source: wordnet30
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.(noun)

source: webster1913
A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.(noun)

source: webster1913

postpone doing what one should be doing(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
come to a stop(verb.motion)

Example:
The car stalled in the driveway.

Synonym:
conk

source: wordnet30
deliberately delay an event or action(verb.change)

Example:
She doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling.

source: wordnet30
put into, or keep in, a stall(verb.social)

Example:
Stall the horse.

source: wordnet30
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
cause an airplane to go into a stall(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
cause an engine to stop(verb.motion)

Example:
The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car.

source: wordnet30
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.(verb)

source: webster1913
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.(verb)

source: webster1913