Stale
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Stale
Adjective
- Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
- Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
Verb
- 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.
- To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
Noun
Noun
Adjective
- At a standstill; stalemated.
Verb
- To be stalemated.
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.
- a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
- A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
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