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stale

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1. stale - Noun

2. stale - Adjective

3. stale - Verb

4. stale - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A prostitute.

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.

Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.

Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.

Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.

To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.

To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.

That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.

Urine, esp. that of beasts.

Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.

A stalking-horse.

A stalemate.

A laughingstock; a dupe.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. Isaac Bashevis Singer

If you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things. Barack Obama

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. Willa Cather

In times of famine no bread is stale. Catalan Proverb

When there is a famine, no bread is stale. Spanish Proverb

Fast bind, fast find; A proverb never stale in thrifty mind. English Proverb

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