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— English words —

• stale adj. (Alcoholic beverages, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• stale adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• stale adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
• stale adj. (Obsolete) No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one’s prime.
• stale adj. (In general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
• stale adj. (Agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
• stale adj. (Law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
• stale adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
• stale adj. (Finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
• stale adj. (Computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
• stale n. (Colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
• stale v. (Of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
• stale v. (Transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
• stale v. (Intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
• stale v. (Alcoholic beverages, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
• stale n. A long, thin handle (Of rakes, axes, etc.).
• stale n. (Dialectal) One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
• stale n. One of the rungs on a ladder.
• stale n. (Botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
• stale n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
• stale v. (Transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
• stale n. (Military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier’s in a battle-line.
• stale n. (Chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
• stale n. (Military, obsolete) An ambush.
• stale n. (Obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
• stale n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
• stale adj. (Chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
• stale v. (Chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
• stale v. (Chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
• stale n. (Livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
• stale v. (Livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
• stale n. (Falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
• stale n. (Obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
• stale n. (Crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
• stale n. (Obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
• stale n. (Obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another’s (usu. sinister)…
• stale n. (Crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
• stale n. (Hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
• stale v. (Rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech - Slovak
  • stále adv. Always, all the time.
  • stále adv. Still (up to the time, no less than before).
• Friulian
  • stale n. Cowshed.
  • stale n. Stable, stall.
  • stale n. Pigsty.
• Middle english
  • stale n. (Hapax) urine.
  • stale n. Theft; the act of stealing.
  • stale n. Stealth (used in the phrase bi stale).
  • stale n. An upright of a ladder.
  • stale n. A rung in a ladder; tier.
  • stale n. The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
  • stale n. A long, thin handle (Of rakes, axes, etc.).
  • stale n. A shoot of a plant.
  • stale n. A fixed position, particularly a soldier’s in a battle-line.
  • stale n. (Chess) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
  • stale n. An ambush.
  • stale n. A band of armed men or hunters.
  • stale n. (Falconry, hunting) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
  • stale adj. Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• Norwegian
  • Ståle prop.n. A male given name.
• Polish
  • stale adv. Constantly, continually.
  • stale n. Nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stal.
  • stałe adj. Neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of stały, nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stały.
  • stałe n. Nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stała.

— English words, defined in French —

• stale adj. Pas ou peu frais, défraîchi.
• stale v. Défraichir.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• stale adj. Envelhecido; (com comida) ainda comestível, mas sem o gosto bom de comida nova, passado.
• stale adj. Velho, no sentido de ter perdido a novidade, o interesse.

261 English words from 63 English definitions

A␣band abandons accomplice accusative act acting actions age Agriculture alcohol Alcoholic all all␣the␣time Always ambush amount and animals another any armed army arrow athletes axes bait band battle battle␣line become been beer before beloved between beverages bird birds birds␣of␣prey Botany bread cattle cause checks Chess claims clear cliche Colloquial coming competition composing Computing Constantly consumption continually copy Cowshed Crime criminal currency data date dated decoy Dialectal diminish dregs drink due due␣to effect either especially etc excessive exertion exposure Falconry Fallow false fashion favor Finance fixed food for force forward free fresh from game general given given␣name go␣out grow hackneyed handle Hapax having him horses hunters hunting ideas immaterial in␣competition in␣effect in␣favor in␣favor␣of In␣general in␣order in␣order␣to in␣place in␣reference␣to interest interesting into intransitive its joining kind ladder land Law lees less less␣than like like␣that line live Livestock loaf long longer lowest lure main make male manufactured marriage men military name Neuter new newest no␣less no␣longer nominative nonvirile not novelty nubile obsolete odious of␣a of␣an of␣its␣kind old one order others out out␣of out␣of␣date out␣of␣fashion over particularly partner past patsy pawn people phrase Pigsty place plant plural position posts pretext prey prime prostitute rakes Rare recent reference rung rungs Scotland serve shaft shoot singular sinister soldier some someone Something some␣time sort spear Stable stale stalemate stalemated stales stall standstill stealing Stealth stem Still straw strengthen strong stuffed suitable synchronized than that that␣is the Theft thief thin things tier time to␣go torments to␣the transitive trap uncommon under unpaid unpleasant unreasonable Unreasonably upright uprights up␣to urinate urine used usu vocative wanton whose with woman Worn Worn␣out wounds

7 English words from 4 foreign definitions

com mas nova Pas passado sem ter

1 foreign word from 63 English definitions

stal

16 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

ainda bom bom␣de comestível comida défraîchi Défraichir Envelhecido frais gosto interesse novidade perdido peu sentido Velho

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

staled staler stales Staley stalely stalest Staleys stalefish stalemate staleness stale␣read stale␣drunk stalemated stalemates stale␣reads stalefishes stalemating stalenesses

27 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Costales instaled unstaled Cristales Nastaleeq pastaless vistaless aristaless Costaleses forestaled pedestaled prostalene rakestales tells␣tales Cristaleses gangsta␣lean subcostales albertstaler moustalevria albertstalers albertustaler fenprostalene intercostales old␣wives'␣tales albertustalers partes␣distales tells␣tales␣out␣of␣school

7 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unstale nonstale overstale rakestale old␣wives'␣tale traveller's␣tale male,␣pale␣and␣stale

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ale Ale sta Sta STA Sta. Tal tale

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ats ATs ATS at's Ela ELA E-la lat LAT lat. Lat. lats LATs LATS

20 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

astel Astle ETLAs laste lates least leats salet setal slate Slate steal stela taels tales teals Teals telas tesla Tesla

116 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ablest ablets adlets Adlets aglets ailest alates alfets all␣set Altens alties Antles athels atleds atself bastle belast Bestla blates bleats Castel castle Castle CELTAs cleats dalets deltas DELTAs desalt eclats éclats e-flats E-flats e␣flats E␣flats elasto- elates Elista Estala e-stalk festal galets halest haslet is␣late ketals ladest lamest Lao␣Tse lasket +66 words

79 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aels AEST AETs ales Ales alts Alts ASLE atel- east East EATL eats ELAs ELAS Elsa Elta elts ELTs ESTA et␣al et.␣al et␣al. etas ETAs ETLA LAEs LαEs lase last Last late LATE lats LATs LATS leas LEAs leat lest lets LETS let's LTAs LTEs sale Sale Salé salt Salt SALT sate saté seal Seal SEAL seat Seat SEAT sela Sela SELT seta slat tael tale Tals tase teal Teal TEAl TEAL teas TEAs tela tels TESL TLAs TLEs

34 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

etale Saale scale seale Seale shale Smale spale Stace stade Stade stage Stage stake Stake stalk stall stame stane stape stare state State stave Stave stele stelè stélé stile stole style -style swale Swale

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

sale Sale Salé tale

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

stable stadle Stahle staple Staple steale strale

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