stall

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

stalls

1.
(countable)A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
Đồng nghĩa: boose
2.
A stable; a place for cattle.
3.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
4.
(countable)A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
5.
A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
Đồng nghĩa: cubicle
6.
(countable)A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7.
(Germanic)(Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
8.
A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
9.
A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition, When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.
10.
A sheath to protect the finger.
11.
(mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
12.
A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

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verb

V_es/s

stalls

V_ing/Gerund

stalling

V_ed/pp

stalled

1.
(transitive)To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
to stall an ox
2.
To fatten.
to stall cattle
3.
(obsolete)To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
4.
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
5.
To forestall; to anticipate.
6.
To keep close; to keep secret.
7.
(transitive)To employ delaying tactics against.
He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
8.
(intransitive)To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.
9.
(intransitive)To come to a standstill.
10.
(transitive)To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
11.
(intransitive)(intransitive, aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
12.
(transitive)(transitive, aeronautics) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
The pilot stalled the plane by pulling the nose up too high at a slow airspeed.

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boose cubicle bay space spottoilet stall cubicle AUparking stall bay, space, spot

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From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (standing place, position), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to place, put, post, stand). Cognate with étal, stallo, Stall, stall.