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  • 51stale — adjective 1) stale food Syn: old, past its best, off, dry, hard, musty, rancid, overstored Ant: fresh 2) stale air Syn: stuffy …

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  • 52stale — adjective 1) stale food Syn: old, past its best, off, dry, hard, musty, rancid 2) stale air Syn: stuffy, musty, fusty, stagnant 3) …

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  • 53stale — [steɪl] adj 1) old and no longer fresh stale bread[/ex] 2) not smelling fresh or nice stale air[/ex] 3) not new, original, or interesting stale news[/ex] 4) someone who is stale has done something so often that they can no longer do it well or be …

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  • 54stale — [13] Something that is stale has etymologically been allowed to ‘stand’ – so that it is no longer fresh. The word comes from Old French estale ‘stationary’, a derivative of estaler ‘halt’ (from which English gets the verb stall). And this in turn …

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  • 55stale — I. /steɪl / (say stayl) adjective (staler, stalest) 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite: a stale joke. 3. having lost fresh vigour, quick intelligence,… …

  • 56stale — [13] Something that is stale has etymologically been allowed to ‘stand’ – so that it is no longer fresh. The word comes from Old French estale ‘stationary’, a derivative of estaler ‘halt’ (from which English gets the verb stall). And this in turn …

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  • 57Stale — Infobox Settlement name = Stale settlement type = Village total type = image caption = image shield = subdivision type = Country subdivision name = flag icon|Poland Poland subdivision type1 = Voivodeship subdivision name1 = Subcarpathian… …

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  • 58stale price arbitrage — For a number of assets, the most recent transaction price at 4PM ET does not fully reflect all available market information. One example is international equities that trade on exchanges that are located in different time zones and close 2 15… …

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  • 59stale drunk — n. a long standing and frequently renewed drunken state. □ The guy’s on a stale drunk. He is a mess. □ Are you on a stale drunk again, or is this the same one? …

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  • 60Stale seed bed — A false or stale seed bed is a useful organic weed control technique which involves creating a seedbed some weeks before seed is due to be sown. Preparation of such seedbed makes sure that any weed seeds that have been disturbed and brought to… …

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