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Meaning of STALL

Pronunciation:  stol

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a tactic used to mislead or delay
  2. [n]  small area set off by walls for special use
  3. [n]  small individual study area in a library
  4. [n]  a booth where articles are displayed for sale
  5. [n]  a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
  6. [n]  a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
  7. [v]  deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
  8. [v]  postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
  9. [v]  come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
  10. [v]  cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
  11. [v]  cause an airplane to go into a stall
  12. [v]  experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
  13. [v]  put into, or keep in, a stall
 
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 Synonyms: booth, carrel, carrell, conk, cubicle, dillydally, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, kiosk, procrastinate, sales booth, shillyshally, stalling, stand
 
 See Also: alcove, bay, call box, closet, coffee stall, compartment, confessional, delay, delay, depository library, detain, halt, hold up, horse barn, library, malfunction, newsstand, obstruction, phone booth, polling booth, prompt box, prompter's box, shelter, shower bath, shower stall, stable, stalls, stonewalling, stop, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk, tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse, voting booth

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Stall\, n.
A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a
finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.

  2. \Stall\, n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat,
or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall,
stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin to G.
selle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ? to set, place, send,
and E. stand. ? 163. See {Stand}, and cf. {Apostle},
{Epistle}, {Forestall}, {Install}, {Stale}, a. & v. i., 1st
{Stalk}, {Stallion}, {Still}.]
1. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or
   place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of
   a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other
   animal. ``In an oxes stall.'' --Chaucer.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
         At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden.
3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed
   for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise
   are exposed for sale.
         How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.
                                               --Gay.
5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the
   officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or
   partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are
   frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
         The dignifird clergy, out of humanility, have called
         their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp.
                                               Warburton.
         Loud the monks in their stalls.       --Longfellow.
6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly
   inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See
   {Post and stall}, under {Post}.
{Stall reader}, one who reads books at a stall where they are
   exposed for sale.
         Cries the stall reader, ``Bless us! what a word on A
         titlepage is this!''                  --Milton.

  3. \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stalled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stalling}.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.]
1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or
   stalls; as, to stall an ox.
         Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.
         Dryden.
2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to
   install. --Shak.
4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get
   on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. --Burton.
         His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E.
                                               Hale.
5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having
         This not to be stall'd by my report.  --Massinger.
6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]
         Stall this in your bosom.             --Shak.

  4. \Stall\, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See {Stall},
n.]
1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]
         We could not stall together In the whole world.
                                               --Shak.
2. To kennel, as dogs.                         --Johnson.
3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
 

 

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