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stale

Definitions


[steɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry
(e.g: stale bread)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall


[steɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become stale
(e.g: she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall


[steɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of an animal, especially a horse) urinate
(e.g: the horse staled while he was riding)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from Old French estaler ‘come to a stand, halt’ (compare with stale)




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