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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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stale

Adjective

1. (esp. of food) no longer fresh, having being kept too long

2. (of air) stagnant and having an unpleasant smell

3. lacking in enthusiasm or ideas through overwork or lack of variety

4. uninteresting from having been done or seen too many times: such achievements now seem stale today

5. no longer new: her war had become stale news [probably from Old French estale motionless]

staleness n

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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 << OPPOSITE fresh

adjective 2. musty, stagnant, fusty

adjective 3. tasteless, flat, sour, insipid

adjective 4. unoriginal, banal, trite, common, flat, stereotyped, commonplace, worn-out, antiquated, threadbare, old hat, insipid, hackneyed, overused, repetitious, platitudinous, cliché-ridden << OPPOSITE original

Translations

stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → duro; [food] → pasado

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stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → rassis(e); [food] → pas frais(fraîche); [beer] → éventé(e); [smell] → de renfermé; [air] → confiné(e)

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stale [steɪl] adj (bread) → altbacken;

(food) → alt;

(smell) → muffig;

(air) → verbraucht;

(beer) → schal

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stale [steɪl] adj [bread] → raffermo/a, stantio/a; [beer] → svaporato/a; [smell] → di chiuso

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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 (식품이) 신선하지 않은 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 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 (과로 때문에) 지쳐 있는; 머리가 둔해진 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