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Noun stall has 6 senses
- stall - a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
--1 is a kind of compartment
--1 is a part of stable, stalls, horse barn
- booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk - small area set off by walls for special use
--2 is a kind of closet
--2 has particulars:
- stall, stand, sales booth - a booth where articles are displayed for sale
--3 is a kind of booth
--3 has particulars: coffee stall; newsstand
- stall - a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
--4 is a kind of malfunction
- carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall - small individual study area in a library
--5 is a kind of alcove, bay
--5 is a part of library, depository library
- stall, stalling - a tactic used to mislead or delay
--6 is a kind of obstruction
--6 has particulars: stonewalling
Verb stall has 7 senses
- procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
--1 is one way to delay
Sample sentence:
They stall a long time
- stall, conk - come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
--2 is one way to stop, halt
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Something ----s
- stall - deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
--3 is one way to delay, detain, hold up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- stall - put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
--4 is one way to shelter
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Somebody ----s something
- stall - experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
--5 is one way to stop, halt
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Something ----s
- stall - cause an airplane to go into a stall
--6 is one way to stop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stall - cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
--7 is one way to stop
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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