stale

Etymology 1
From, from , but probably originally from : compare 🇨🇬 in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.

Adjective

 * 1)  Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
 * 2) No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
 * 3) * c. 1550, Wyll of Deuill, C 2 b:
 * New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled.
 * 1) No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
 * 2) * 1579, in G. Harvey, letter book, 60:
 * Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe.
 * 1)  No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
 * 2)  Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
 * 3)  Fallow, in reference to land.
 * 4)  Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
 * 5) Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
 * 6)  Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
 * 7)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1)  No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
 * 2)  Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
 * 3)  Fallow, in reference to land.
 * 4)  Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
 * 5) Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
 * 6)  Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
 * 7)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1)  Fallow, in reference to land.
 * 2)  Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
 * 3) Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
 * 4)  Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
 * 5)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1) Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
 * 2)  Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
 * 3)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1)  Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
 * 2)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
 * 1)  Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

Usage notes
In the sense regarding food, usually (but not always) pejorative and synonymous with and. In reference to mead, wine, and bread, it can describe an acceptable or desired state (see ). In modern English, however, "stale beer" has been light struck, flat, or oxidized and is to be avoided.

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:hackneyed

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani: bayat
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ranci,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,  ,  ,  , verschaald (beer)
 * Esperanto: malfreŝa
 * Finnish:, ummehtunut,
 * French: rassis, ,  ,  ,
 * Galician: reseso, resésego,, manido, pasado, choco
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: ἕωλος
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: staðinn
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:,  , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Ladino: bayat
 * Malay:
 * Norman: raccourchi, mouaîsi
 * Old English: ealdbacen
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: :, ; : ; : , ;
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,  , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: పాచిన,, వడలిన
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Tày: bốt, mên bốt, bút
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:, ,


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: gastat,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , ,
 * German:, joke,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 陳腐な
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:, , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Walloon:, , ki l' tins a forcrexhou ,

Noun

 * 1)  Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

Verb

 * 1)  To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
 * 4)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
 * 2)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
 * 2)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
 * 2)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
 * 1)  To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: mennä pilalle

Etymology 2
From, from , from ; compare from this root. The development was paralleled by the ablaut which became, from , from , from. Both are from the same root, whence also 🇨🇬. See also.

Noun

 * 1) A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
 * 2)  One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
 * 3) One of the rungs on a ladder.
 * 4)  The stem of a plant.
 * 5) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
 * 1) One of the rungs on a ladder.
 * 2)  The stem of a plant.
 * 3) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
 * 1)  The stem of a plant.
 * 2) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
 * 1)  The stem of a plant.
 * 2) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
 * 1)  The stem of a plant.
 * 2) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
 * 1) The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

Synonyms

 * (body of arrows, spears, etc.)
 * , the shaft of a scythe
 * (body of arrows, spears, etc.)
 * , the shaft of a scythe
 * , the shaft of a scythe

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

Etymology 3
From, from (compare 🇨🇬), from , from , earlier. Related to and.

Noun

 * 1)  A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
 * 2)  A stalemate; a stalemated game.
 * 3)  An ambush.
 * 4)  A band of armed men or hunters.
 * 5) * 1577, R. Holinshed, Hist. Scotl., 471 2 in Chron., I:
 * The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.
 * 1)  The main force of an army.
 * 1)  A band of armed men or hunters.
 * 2) * 1577, R. Holinshed, Hist. Scotl., 471 2 in Chron., I:
 * The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.
 * 1)  The main force of an army.
 * 1) * 1577, R. Holinshed, Hist. Scotl., 471 2 in Chron., I:
 * The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.
 * 1)  The main force of an army.

Adjective

 * 1)  At a standstill; stalemated.
 * 2) * c. 1470, Ashmolean MS 344, 21:
 * Then drawith he & is stale.

Verb

 * 1)  To stalemate.
 * 2) * c. 1470, Ashmole MS 344, 7:
 * He shall stale þe black kyng in the pointe þer the crosse standith.
 * 1)  To be stalemated.
 * 1)  To be stalemated.

Etymology 4
Noun from, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Verb from, from , related to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

Hypernyms

 * See Thesaurus:urine

Verb

 * 1)  To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
 * 2) * 15th century, Lawis Gild, X in Ancient Laws and Customs of the Burghs of Scotland, 68:
 * Gif ony stal in the yet of the gilde...he sall gif iiijd. to the mendis.

Usage notes
Occasionally transitive, when in reference to horses or men pissing blood.

Hypernyms

 * See Thesaurus:urinate

Etymology 5
From, probably from uncommon , ultimately from , probably. Compare 🇨🇬 and Northumbrian.

Noun

 * 1)  A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
 * 2)  Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
 * 3) * c. 1529, "", 324, in, Certayne Bokes:
 * She ran in all the hast Vnbrased and vnlast... It was a stale to take the deuyll in a brake.
 * 1)  An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
 * 2)  a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
 * 3)  A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
 * 4) * 1580, E. Grindal in 1710, J. Strype, Hist. E. Grindal, 252:
 * That of the two nominated, one should be an unfit Man, and as it were a Stale, to bring the Office to the other.
 * 1)  A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
 * 2)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
 * 2)  A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
 * 3) * 1580, E. Grindal in 1710, J. Strype, Hist. E. Grindal, 252:
 * That of the two nominated, one should be an unfit Man, and as it were a Stale, to bring the Office to the other.
 * 1)  A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
 * 2)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
 * 2) * 1580, E. Grindal in 1710, J. Strype, Hist. E. Grindal, 252:
 * That of the two nominated, one should be an unfit Man, and as it were a Stale, to bring the Office to the other.
 * 1)  A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
 * 2)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
 * 2)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
 * 2)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
 * 1)  Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

Verb

 * 1)  To serve as a decoy, to lure.

Etymology
Of origin, ultimately from. Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) cowshed
 * 2) stable, stall
 * 3) pigsty

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1)  urine
 * 2) * 14th c., Stockh. Medical MS. in Anglia XVIII.299:
 * "enm"

- In werd ben men & womenþat þer stale mown not holde.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) theft; the act of stealing
 * 2) stealth
 * 1) stealth

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) An upright of a ladder.
 * 2) A rung in a ladder; tier.
 * 3) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
 * 4) A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
 * 5) * 12th century, Sidonius Glosses in Anecd. Oxon., I v 59 22:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- Ansae et ansulae alicuius rei sunt illa eminentia in illa re per quam capi possit .i. ‘stale’.


 * 1) * c. 1393, Langland, Piers Plowman (Vesp. MS), C xxii 279:
 * "enm"

- And lerede men a ladel bygge with a long stale.


 * 1) A shoot of a plant.

Etymology 4
, from, from , earlier.

Noun

 * 1) a fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line
 * 2) * c. 1450, in C. L. Kingsford, Chrons. London (1905), 123:
 * "enm"

- And at pavelen...þe Erle of Dorzet helde is stale, and þer he toke prisoners.


 * 1)  A stalemate; a stalemated game.
 * 2) an ambush
 * 3) a band of armed men or hunters
 * 4) * c. 1350, in N. H. Nicolas, Hist. Royal Navy (1847), II 491:
 * "enm"
 * 1) a band of armed men or hunters
 * 2) * c. 1350, in N. H. Nicolas, Hist. Royal Navy (1847), II 491:
 * "enm"

- [Every time that it shall be ordered..that armed men..shall land on the enemy's coast to seek victuals... then there shall be ordained a sufficient ‘stale’ of armed men and archers who shall wait together on the land until the ‘forreiours’ return to them].


 * 1) * 14th century, Morte Arthur, 1355:
 * "enm"

- [Gawayne] sterttes owtte to hys stede, and with his stale wendes.

Etymology 5
Probably from uncommon, ultimately from , probably.

Noun

 * 1)  A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap

Etymology 6
, probably connected to.

Adjective

 * 1)  clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong
 * 2) * c. 1300, K. Horn (Laud), 383:
 * "enm"

- Bi forn þe king abenche Red win to schenche And after mete stale Boþe win and ale.



Etymology 7
From or.

Adjective

 * 1)  Stalemated in chess.

Etymology
From. .

Adverb

 * 1)  always, persistently

Etymology 1
. . Compare 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) constantly, continually
 * 2)  permanently, for good
 * 3)  decidedly
 * 1)  permanently, for good
 * 2)  decidedly
 * 1)  decidedly

Etymology
..

Adverb

 * 1) constantly, continually