'Stall' definitions:

Definition of 'stall'

(from WordNet)
noun
A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
noun
Small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk]
noun
A booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall, stand, sales booth]
noun
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"
noun
Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
noun
Small individual study area in a library [syn: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall]
noun
A tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling]
verb
Postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
verb
Come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn: stall, conk]
verb
Deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
verb
Put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
verb
Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
verb
Cause an airplane to go into a stall
verb
Cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

Definition of 'Stall'

From: GCIDE
  • Stall \Stall\ (st[add]l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G. & Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr. ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand. [root]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 is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal. "In an oxes stall." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stable; a place for cattle. [1913 Webster]
  • At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale. [1913 Webster]
  • How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
  • Loud the monks sang in their stalls. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale. [1913 Webster]
  • Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on A titlepage is this!" --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stall'

From: GCIDE
  • Stall \Stall\, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See Stall, n.]
  • 1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • We could not stall together In the whole world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To kennel, as dogs. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stall'

From: GCIDE
  • Stall \Stall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled (st[add]ld); 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • His horses had been stalled in the snow. --E. E. Hale. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To forestall; to anticipate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • This is not to be stall'd by my report. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Stall this in your bosom. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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