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41stale — 1 adjective 1 bread or cake that is stale is no longer fresh or good to eat: go stale: This loaf has gone stale. 2 air that is stale is not fresh or pleasant 3 news or jokes that are stale are no longer interesting or exciting: the same stale old …
42stale — I [[t]steɪl[/t]] adj. stal•er, stal•est, 1) not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread 2) musty; stagnant: stale air[/ex] 3) hackneyed; trite: a stale joke[/ex] 4) having lost interest, initiative, or the like, as from… …
43stale — I. adjective (staler; stalest) Etymology: Middle English, settled, clear (of ale), not fresh, from Anglo French estale, probably from Middle Dutch stel old (of beer) Date: 15th century 1. tasteless or unpalatable from age < stale bread > 2.… …
44Ståle Solbakken — Infobox Football biography playername = Ståle Solbakken 1996: Solbakken at Lillestrøm. dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|2|27 cityofbirth = Kongsvinger countryofbirth = Norway position = Midfielder (retired) currentclub = F.C. Copenhagen… …
45stale — 1. adjective /steɪl/ a) Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness. The steak is as stale as the beer. b) No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; …
46stale — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, smell, taste ▪ The room smelled musty and stale. ▪ become, get (usually figurative …
47stale — «niezmiennie, jednakowo; nieustannie, zawsze, ciągle, przez cały czas» Mieszkać stale w mieście. Stale się dokształcał. Stale powtarzał to samo. ◊ gw. miejska Stale i wciąż «to samo co stale» …
48stale — 1. adj. & v. adj. (staler, stalest) 1 a not fresh, not quite new (stale bread is best for toast). b musty, insipid, or otherwise the worse for age or use. 2 trite or unoriginal (a stale joke; stale news). 3 (of an athlete or other performer)… …
49stale — stale1 stalely, adv. staleness, n. /stayl/, adj., staler, stalest, v., staled, staling. adj. 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. musty; stagnant: stale air. 3. having lost no …
50stale — 1. obsolete a prostitute Her freshness having been already destroyed by others: ... poor I am but his stale. (Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors) Stale meat was a more experienced prostitute: ... since to the accustomed rake the… …
