Stale definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STALE, a. [I do not find this word in the other ... its life, spirit and flavor from being long kept; as stale beer. 2. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed; as a stale virgin. 3. Worn out by use; trite; common; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; as a stale remark. STALE, n. [G. See Stall.] 1. Something set or offered ...
Stale affidavit definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stale Stale, a. [Akin to stale urine, and to stall, n.; probably from Low German or Scandinavian. Cf. Stale, v. i.] 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, stele ...
Stale demand definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stale Stale, a. [Akin to stale urine, and to stall, n.; probably from Low German or Scandinavian. Cf. Stale, v. i.] 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, stele ...
Stele definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STELE, n. A stale or handle; a stalk. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... adj. Etymology: Gk stele standing block Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stale Stale, n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. st[ae]l, stel; akin to LG. & D ... stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.] But seeling the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further ...
... f. Gmc Webster's 1913 Dictionary Steal Steal, n. [See Stale a handle.] A handle; a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.] And in his hand ... And stole upon the air. --Milton. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stale Stale, n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. st[ae]l, stel; akin to LG. & D ... stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.] But ...
... news; fresh dispatches. 12. Sweet; in a good state; not stale. 13. Unpracticed; unused; not before employed; as a fresh hand ... or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce" [ant: stale] 2: (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh ... rose fresh from a good night's sleep > (2) not stale, sour, or decayed < fresh bread > (3) not faded < the lessons ... lately arrived from (a specified place or situation). 4 not stale or musty or faded (fresh flowers; fresh memories). 5 (of ... Landor. 3. Lately produced, gathered, or prepared for market; not stale; not dried or preserved; not wilted, faded, or tainted; in ... in good condition, unimpaired, undecayed. 4. Of recent make, not stale or sour, sweet. 5. Rosy, blooming, ruddy, fair, delicate, ...
... painting, wanting relief or prominence of the figures. 7. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as fruit flat to the taste. 8 ... the work is, to me, very flat. --Coleridge. 4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the ... spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition. How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of ... unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting, pointless. 5. Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish. 6. Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright. 7. ( Mus ... squashed, squashed flat, squat, squatty, stable, staccato, stage screw, stagnant, stale, standard, standing, static, steadfast, steady, steppe, steppes, stereoscopic, sterile, stiff ...
... a stalemate Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: obsolete English stale stalemate (from Middle English, from Anglo-French estaler to stalemate ... to a stalemate. 2 bring to a standstill. Etymology: obs. stale (f. AF estale f. estaler be placed: cf. STALE(1)) + MATE(2) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stalemate Stale"mate`, n. (Chess) The position of the king when he ... piece which can be moved. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stalemate Stale"mate`, v. t. (Chess) To subject to a stalemate; hence ...
... or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth- eaten theories about race"; "stale news" [syn: cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten] 7: so intense as to be almost ... passed out cold > 5. a. having lost freshness or vividness ; stale < dogs trying to pick up a cold scent > b. far ... sniffles, solemn, somber, sore throat, soulless, spaced out, spectral, spiritless, stale, standoff, standoffish, stereotyped, sterile, stiff, stodgy, stone-cold, stone-dead ...
... or frowzier; -est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1681 1. musty, stale < a frowsy smell of stale beer and stale smoke — W. S. Maugham > 2. having a slovenly or uncared ... neglectful, negligent, noisome, rank, reeking, remiss, slack, slattern, smelly, sordid, stale, stinking
... s 1828 Dictionary STALENESS, n. 1. The state of being stale; vapidness; the state of having lost the life or flavor ... consequence of aging [ant: freshness] Merriam Webster's noun see stale I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Staleness Stale"ness, n. The quality or state of being stale.
... old; of a long time. Merriam Webster's adverb see stale I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stalely Stale"ly, adv. 1. In a state stale manner. 2. Of old; long since. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.