'Stale' definitions:
Definition of 'stale'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" [ant: fresh]
adjective
Lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth- eaten theories about race"; "stale news" [syn: cold, stale, dusty, moth-eaten]
verb
Urinate, of cattle and horses
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
- Stale \Stale\ (st[=a]l), n. [OE. stale, stele, AS. stael, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleo`n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [Written also steal, stele, etc.] [1913 Webster]
- But seeing the arrow's stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not new; not freshly made; as, stale bread. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. "A stale virgin." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- Wit itself, if stale is less pleasing. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
- How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Stale affidavit (Law), an affidavit held above a year. --Craig.
- Stale demand (Law), a claim or demand which has not been pressed or demanded for a long time. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
- Stale \Stale\, v. i. [Akin to D. & G. stallen, Dan. stalle, Sw. stalla, and E. stall a stable. [root] 163. See Stall, n., and cf. Stale, a.] To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
- Stale \Stale\, n. [See Stale, a. & v. i.]
- 1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. "Stale of horses." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stale'
From: GCIDE
- Stale \Stale\, n. [Cf. OF. estal place, position, abode, market, F. ['e]tal a butcher's stall, OHG. stal station, place, stable, G. stall (see Stall, n.); or from OE. stale theft, AS. stalu (see Steal, v. t.).]
- 1. Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Still, as he went, he crafty stales did lay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stalking-horse. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chess) A stalemate. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A laughingstock; a dupe. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stale'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allurement,
- antiquated,
- back-number,
- bait,
- banal,
- bewhiskered,
- blown,
- boring,
- bromidic,
- cliche,
- cliched,
- come-on,
- common,
- commonplace,
- corny,
- crumbling,
- cut-and-dried,
- dead,
- decoy,
- dilapidated,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- dry,
- dusty,
- enticement,
- fade,
- familiar,
- fetid,
- flat,
- flavorless,
- frowy,
- fusty,
- gamy,
- gone off,
- gone to seed,
- gruelly,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- hand-me-down,
- hardened,
- high,
- inane,
- indifferent,
- insipid,
- jejune,
- limp,
- mild,
- mildewed,
- milk-and-water,
- moldering,
- moldy,
- moss-grown,
- moth-eaten,
- mouldy,
- musty,
- noisome,
- off,
- old,
- old hat,
- old-fashioned,
- overused,
- pappy,
- platitudinous,
- pulpy,
- rancid,
- rank,
- reechy,
- reeking,
- rotten,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- rusty,
- sapless,
- savorless,
- seducement,
- set,
- shopworn,
- smelly,
- snare,
- sour,
- soured,
- spiceless,
- spoiled,
- square,
- stenchy,
- stereotyped,
- stinking,
- stock,
- strong,
- tainted,
- tasteless,
- temptation,
- thin,
- threadbare,
- time-scarred,
- timeworn,
- tired,
- tiresome,
- trap,
- trite,
- truistic,
- turned,
- unflavored,
- unoriginal,
- unsavory,
- vapid,
- warmed-over,
- washy,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- weary,
- well-known,
- well-worn,
- wilted,
- wishy-washy,
- withered,
- worn,
- worn thin