stale

stale ¹  (stl)

adj. stal·er, stal·est

1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air.

2. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke.

3. Impaired in efficacy, vigor, or spirit, as from inactivity or boredom.

4. Law Having lost effectiveness or force through lack of exercise or action.

tr. & intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales

To make or become stale.

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[Middle English, settled, clear (used of beer or wine), probably from Old French estale, slack, settled, clear, from estaler, to come to a standstill, halt, from estal, standing place, stand, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

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stalely adv.

staleness n.

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stale ²  (stl)

intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales

To urinate. Used especially of horses and camels.

n.

The urine of certain animals, especially horses and camels.

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[Middle English stalen, possibly of Low German origin; akin to Middle Low German stallen.]

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stale¹

adj

1. (Cookery) (esp of food) hard, musty, or dry from being kept too long

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (of beer, etc.) flat and tasteless from being kept open too long

3. (of air) stagnant; foul

4. uninteresting from overuse; hackneyed stale clichés

5. no longer new stale news

6. lacking in energy or ideas through overwork or lack of variety

7. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Banking (of a cheque) not negotiable by a bank as a result of not having been presented within six months of being written

8. (Law) Law (of a claim, etc.) having lost its effectiveness or force, as by failure to act or by the lapse of time

vb

to make or become stale

[C13 (originally applied to liquor in the sense: well matured): probably via Norman French from Old French estale (unattested) motionless, of Frankish origin; related to stall¹, install]

stalely  adv

staleness  n

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stale²

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (intr) (of livestock) to urinate

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the urine of horses or cattle

[perhaps from Old French estaler to stand in one position; see stall¹; compare Middle Low German stallen to urinate, Greek stalassein to drip]

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Stale a body of armed men posted for ambush.

Examples: stale of hunters, 1425; of armed men, 1350.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stale - urinate, of cattle and horses make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Adj.	1.	stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham fresh - recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"
	2.	stale - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news" dusty, moth-eaten, cold unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

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stale

adjective

1. old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid a lump of stale bread
old fresh, crisp

2. musty, stagnant, fusty the smell of stale sweat

3. tasteless, flat, sour, insipid The place smelled of stale beer and dusty carpets.

4. unoriginal, banal, trite, common, flat, stereotyped, commonplace, worn-out, antiquated, threadbare, old hat, insipid, hackneyed, overused, repetitious, platitudinous, cliché-ridden repeating stale jokes to kill the time
unoriginal new, original, novel, different, lively, innovative, refreshing, imaginative

Translations

stale [steɪl]

A. ADJ (staler (compar) (stalest (superl)))

1. (= not fresh) [cheese, butter, sweat, cigarette smoke] → rancio; [breath] → maloliente; [air] → viciado; [biscuit, beer] → pasado; [cake] → seco; [bread] → correoso; (= hard) → duro
to go stale [biscuit, beer] → pasarse; [cake] → secarse; [bread] → ponerse correoso; (= become hard) → ponerse duro
to have gone stale (lit) → estar pasado
to smell stale → oler a viejo

2. (fig) [news, joke] → viejo; [idea] → marchito
he felt tired and stale → se sentía cansado y hastiado
their relationship had become stale → la relación se había estancado or anquilosado
to get or become stale [person] → estancarse, anquilosarse
I'm getting stale → me estoy estancando or anquilosando
the show's got a little stale → el espectáculo está ya un poco gastado
if they rehearse too much they'll become stale → si ensayan demasiado se van a quemar

B. VI (liter) [relationship, author, writing] → quedarse estancado or anquilosado; [pleasures] → perder la frescura(liter)

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stale [ˈsteɪl] adj

[bread] → rassis(e)

[beer] → éventé(e)

[smell] → de renfermé

(= jaded) [person] → blasé(e)

(= boring) [idea, joke] → éculé(e), rebattu(e); [news] → rebattu(e); [relationship] → moribond(e)

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stale

adj (+er)

(= old, musty) → alt; cake → trocken; bread, biscuit → altbacken; (in smell) → muffig; water, beer, wine → abgestanden, schal; air → verbraucht; cigarette smoke → kalt; to go stale (food) → verderben; to smell stale → muffig riechen

(fig) news → veraltet; joke → abgedroschen; idea → abgegriffen; athlete, pianist etc → ausgepumpt, verbraucht; to be stale (person) → alles nur noch routinemäßig machen; to become stale (relationship) → an Reiz verlieren; (situation) → langweilig werden; I’m getting stale → ich mache langsam alles nur noch routinemäßig; don’t let yourself get stale → pass auf, dass du nicht in Routine verfällst

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stale [steɪl] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (food, gen) → stantio/a; (bread) → stantio/a, raffermo/a; (beer) → svaporato/a; (air) → viziato/a; (news, joke) → vecchio/a come il cucco, trito/a (Law) (claim) → caduto/a in prescrizione, prescritto/a
I'm getting stale → non ho più entusiasmo

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stale [steɪl] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (food, gen) → stantio/a; (bread) → stantio/a, raffermo/a; (beer) → svaporato/a; (air) → viziato/a; (news, joke) → vecchio/a come il cucco, trito/a (Law) (claim) → caduto/a in prescrizione, prescritto/a
I'm getting stale → non ho più entusiasmo

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stale

adj stale [steil]

1 (of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless stale bread. muf غَيْر طازِج، تَفِه المَذاق застоял starý, suchý tør alt μπαγιάτικος kopitanud مانده ummehtunut, homehtunut qui n'est plus frais מְעוּפַּש बासी, पर्युषित star, pokvaren állott basi gamall, uppþornaður stantio, vecchio 新鮮でない 싱싱하지 못한 senas, sudžiūvęs vecs; sacietējis basi niet vers gammel; ikke fersk; doven zestarzały, czerstwy velho veche несвежий; чёрствый starý, suchý star, postan, preležan ustajao gammal, fadd, avslagen ที่ไม่สด bayat 不新鮮的 черствий, несвіжий باسی اور بے مزہ ôi thiu 不新鲜的

2 no longer interesting His ideas are stale and dull. oninteressant غَيْر مُثير، فاتَت مُدَّتُه безинтересен otřepaný forslidt abgestanden ξεπερασμένος, βαρετός igav بي مزه kulunut rebattu מְשַעֲמֵם पुराना घिसा-पिटा star, otrcan megkopott, ellaposodott, fásult basi staðnaður trito, passato ありきたりの 무미건조한 pasenęs vecs; zaudējis svaigumu; neinteresants basi afgezaagd foreldet, uinteressant przestarzały gasto învechit избитый, затасканный otrepaný obrabljen dosadan förlegad ที่น่าเบื่อ eski, monoton 陳舊的 заяложений غیر دلچسپ cũ rích, nhạt nhẽo 陈旧的

3 no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale. vermuf موهَن، مُجْهَد преуморен přetrénovaný udbrændt; udkørt verbraucht ανίκανος να αποδώσει λόγω υπερβολικής κούρασης ülepingutanud تحليل رفته ylirasittunut vidé בְּכוֹשֵר יָרוּד किसी और व्यस्तता के चलते काम नहीं कर पाना istrošen, pohaban túl sokat gyakorol bosan útkeyrður/-brunninn spento, spossato 生気を失って (지나친 연습으로) 컨디션이 나쁜 išsisėmęs, išsikvėpęs pagurt; pārgurt; pārtrenēties bosan mat overtrent przetrenowany enfastiado epuizat выдохшийся vyčerpaný, unavený izčrpan iscrpljen övertränad, överansträngd ที่เก่า yorgun, bitkin 疲憊不堪的 виснажений ناقابل عمل luyện tập quá sức 疲惫不堪的

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stale → مبتذل starý gammel abgestanden μπαγιάτικος rancio vanhentunut rassis star stantio 古くなった 신선하지 않은 niet vers ikke fersk czerstwy envelhecido черствый gammal ไม่สด bayat ôi thiu 陈腐的