STALES
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Definition
noun
- Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
verb
- (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
- To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
noun
- A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
- The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
- The stem of a plant.
verb
- To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
noun
- A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
- A stalemate; a stalemated game.
- An ambush.
verb
- To stalemate.
- To be stalemated.
verb
- (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
noun
- A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
- Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
- An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
verb
- To serve as a decoy, to lure.
Source: Wiktionary
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