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English to English noun
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a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed |  | source: wordnet30
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small area set off by walls for special use | | source: wordnet30
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a booth where articles are displayed for sale | | source: wordnet30
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a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge | | Example: the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it
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seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater | | source: wordnet30
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small individual study area in a library | | source: wordnet30
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a tactic used to mislead or delay | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall. | | source: webster1913 verb
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postpone doing what one should be doing | | Example: He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
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come to a stop | | Example: The car stalled in the driveway
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deliberately delay an event or action | | Example: she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
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put into, or keep in, a stall | | Example: Stall the horse
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experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | | source: wordnet30
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cause an airplane to go into a stall | | source: wordnet30
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cause an engine to stop | | Example: The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
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To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox. | | source: webster1913
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To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. | | source: webster1913
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