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S0698200 (stāl)adj. stal·er, stal·est 1. Having lost freshness, effervescence, or palatability: stale bread; stale air.2. Lacking originality or spontaneity: a stale joke.3. Ineffective or uninspired, usually from being out of practice or from having done the same thing for too long.4. Law Legally unenforceable because of a claimant's delay in seeking enforcement.tr. & intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales To make or become stale.

[Middle English, settled, clear (used of beer or wine), probably from Old French estale, slack, settled, clear, from estaler, to come to a standstill, halt, from estal, standing place, stand, of Germanic origin; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]

stale′ly adv.stale′ness n.

stale²

S0698200 (stāl)intr.v. staled, stal·ing, stales To urinate. Used especially of horses and camels.n. The urine of certain animals, especially horses and camels.

[Middle English stalen, possibly of Low German origin; akin to Middle Low German stallen.]

stale

(steɪl) adj1. (Cookery) (esp of food) hard, musty, or dry from being kept too long2. (Brewing) (of beer, etc) flat and tasteless from being kept open too long3. (of air) stagnant; foul4. uninteresting from overuse; hackneyed: stale clichés. 5. no longer new: stale news. 6. lacking in energy or ideas through overwork or lack of variety7. (Banking & Finance) banking (of a cheque) not negotiable by a bank as a result of not having been presented within six months of being written8. (Law) law (of a claim, etc) having lost its effectiveness or force, as by failure to act or by the lapse of timevbto make or become stale[C13 (originally applied to liquor in the sense: well matured): probably via Norman French from Old French estale (unattested) motionless, of Frankish origin; related to stall¹, install] ˈstalely adv ˈstaleness n

stale

(steɪl) vb (Agriculture) (intr) (of livestock) to urinaten (Agriculture) the urine of horses or cattle[C15: perhaps from Old French estaler to stand in one position; see stall¹; compare Middle Low German stallen to urinate, Greek stalassein to drip]

stale¹

(steɪl)

adj. stal•er, stal•est, adj. 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. musty; stagnant: stale air. 3. hackneyed; trite: a stale joke. 4. having lost interest, initiative, or the like, as from overwork or boredom. 5. Law. (of a claim) no longer in force through lack of action. v.t., v.i. 6. to make or become stale. [1250–1300; akin to Middle Dutch stel; perhaps akin to stale²] stale′ly, adv. stale′ness, n.

stale²

(steɪl)

v. staled, stal•ing,
n. v.i. 1. (of livestock, esp. horses) to urinate. n. 2. the urine of livestock. [1400–50; late Middle English stalen to urinate, probably < Old French estaler < Germanic; compare Middle Low German, late Middle High German stallen]

Stale

a body of armed men posted for ambush.Examples: stale of hunters, 1425; of armed men, 1350.

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Past participle: staled
Gerund: staling

Imperative
stale
stale

Present
I stale
you stale
he/she/it stales
we stale
you stale
they stale

Preterite
I staled
you staled
he/she/it staled
we staled
you staled
they staled

Present Continuous
I am staling
you are staling
he/she/it is staling
we are staling
you are staling
they are staling

Present Perfect
I have staled
you have staled
he/she/it has staled
we have staled
you have staled
they have staled

Past Continuous
I was staling
you were staling
he/she/it was staling
we were staling
you were staling
they were staling

Past Perfect
I had staled
you had staled
he/she/it had staled
we had staled
you had staled
they had staled

Future
I will stale
you will stale
he/she/it will stale
we will stale
you will stale
they will stale

Future Perfect
I will have staled
you will have staled
he/she/it will have staled
we will have staled
you will have staled
they will have staled

Future Continuous
I will be staling
you will be staling
he/she/it will be staling
we will be staling
you will be staling
they will be staling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been staling
you have been staling
he/she/it has been staling
we have been staling
you have been staling
they have been staling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been staling
you will have been staling
he/she/it will have been staling
we will have been staling
you will have been staling
they will have been staling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been staling
you had been staling
he/she/it had been staling
we had been staling
you had been staling
they had been staling

Conditional
I would stale
you would stale
he/she/it would stale
we would stale
you would stale
they would stale

Past Conditional
I would have staled
you would have staled
he/she/it would have staled
we would have staled
you would have staled
they would have staled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	stale - urinate, of cattle and horsesmake water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
Adj.	1.	stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Grahamfresh - recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"
	2.	stale - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"dusty, moth-eaten, coldunoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham

stale

adjective1. old, hard, dry, decayed, fetid a lump of stale bread
old fresh, crisp2. musty, stagnant, fusty the smell of stale sweat3. tasteless, flat, sour, insipid The place smelled of stale beer and dusty carpets.4. unoriginal, banal, trite, common, flat, stereotyped, commonplace, worn-out, antiquated, threadbare, old hat, insipid, hackneyed, overused, repetitious, platitudinous, cliché-ridden repeating stale jokes to kill the time
unoriginal new, original, novel, different, lively, innovative, refreshing, imaginative

stale

adjective1. Having lost tang or effervescence:flat.2. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse:banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused, overworked, platitudinal, platitudinous, shopworn, stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn, worn-out.

Translations

不新鲜的疲惫不堪的陈旧的陈腐的

stale

(steil) adjective1. (of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless. stale bread.不新鲜的2. no longer interesting. His ideas are stale and dull.陈旧的3. no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc. If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.疲惫不堪的

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adj musty

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adj having lost tang or effervescence

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adj without freshness or appeal because of overuse

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verb urinate, of cattle and horses

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adj lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

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adj lacking originality or spontaneity

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