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stall
1[ stawl ]
noun
- a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- a stable or shed for horses or cattle.
- a booth or stand in which merchandise is displayed for sale, or in which some business is carried on (sometimes used in combination):
a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
- one of a number of fixed enclosed seats in the choir or chancel of a church for the use of the clergy.
- a pew.
- any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing:
a shower stall.
- a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot.
- an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or by overloading it.
- Aeronautics. an instance or the condition of causing an aircraft to fly at an angle of attack greater than the angle of maximum lift, causing loss of control and a downward spin. Compare critical angle ( def 2 ).
- a protective covering for a finger or toe, as various guards and sheaths or one finger of a glove.
- British. a chairlike seat in a theater, separated from others by arms or rails, especially one in the front section of the parquet.
verb (used with object)
- to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car.
- to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle.
- to cause (a motor or the vehicle it powers) to stop, especially by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or overloading it.
- Aeronautics.
- to put (an aircraft) into a stall.
- to lose control of or crash (an aircraft) from so doing.
- to bring to a standstill; check the progress or motion of, especially unintentionally.
- to cause to stick fast, as in mire or snow.
verb (used without object)
- (of an engine, car, aircraft, etc.) to be stalled or go through the process of stalling (sometimes followed by out ).
- to come to a standstill; be brought to a stop.
- to stick fast, as in mire.
- to occupy a stall, as an animal.
stall
2[ stawl ]
verb (used without object)
- to delay, especially by evasion or deception.
- Sports. to prolong holding the ball as a tactic to prevent the opponent from scoring, as when one's team has the lead. Compare freeze ( def 32 ).
verb (used with object)
- to delay or put off, especially by evasion or deception (often followed by off ):
He stalled the police for 15 minutes so his accomplice could get away.
noun
- a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- Underworld Slang. the member of a pickpocket's team who distracts the victim long enough for the theft to take place. Compare wire ( def 11 ).
- Sports. slowdown ( def 3 ).
stall
1/ stɔːl /
verb
- to employ delaying tactics towards (someone); be evasive
- intr sport to play or fight below one's best in order to deceive
noun
- an evasive move; pretext
stall
2/ stɔːl /
noun
- a compartment in a stable or shed for confining or feeding a single animal
- another name for stable 1
- a small often temporary stand or booth for the display and sale of goods
- in a church
- one of a row of seats, usually divided from the others by armrests or a small screen, for the use of the choir or clergy
- a pen
- an instance of an engine stalling
- a condition of an aircraft in flight in which a reduction in speed or an increase in the aircraft's angle of attack causes a sudden loss of lift resulting in a downward plunge
- any small room or compartment
- a seat in a theatre or cinema that resembles a chair, usually fixed to the floor
- plural the area of seats on the ground floor of a theatre or cinema nearest to the stage or screen
- a tubelike covering for a finger, as in a glove
- See starting stallsplural short for starting stalls
- set out one's stallset out one's stall to make the necessary arrangements for the achievement of something and show that one is determined to achieve it
verb
- to cause (a motor vehicle or its engine) to stop, usually by incorrect use of the clutch or incorrect adjustment of the fuel mixture, or (of an engine or motor vehicle) to stop, usually for these reasons
- to cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall or (of an aircraft) to go into a stall
- to stick or cause to stick fast, as in mud or snow
- tr to confine (an animal) in a stall
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- stall-like adjective
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Example Sentences
The 28-year-old Saudi pilot had no idea her friend planned to practice stalls that day during her first flight on such a plane.
I paid for a draft of red ale and walked to a corner a few meters removed from the food stalls, to the left of a vacated bandstand.
These event-specific behaviors might help explain why Weed found clusters associated with farmers’ markets, where people crowd around the stalls, but not with people just hanging out in the park.
The prospect of professionals wandering through an endless sea of sponsorship stalls in search of a business solution is wildly far-fetched.
You can save space in a bathroom by eschewing a tub in favor of a stall shower.
Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.
One report has the AirAsia Airbus flying at a speed very close to what would trigger a low speed stall.
He was waiting for the man to exit the neighboring stall, feeling ever more riled, when he decided to kick the door down.
In Oregon, public restrooms can only be so public; two people must never use the same stall.
But there are deep suspicions in Kiev that the Russians only went to Geneva to stall threatened Western economic sanctions.
Herein he found an empty stall that was dark enough not to be seen, and still afforded sufficient light to read in.
Like the cobbler's stall in the old song, it served the present occupants for "kitchen and parlour and all."
Some shelves had been put up along one side of the stall, and they were piled with a lot of grimy-looking books.
Crash went the collection of literature, and Welcome fell back on the floor of the stall, half-covered by a deluge of books.
If we go to the book-stall keepers we shall certainly find that he is dead, or has set his house on fire, or run away.
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