Definisjon av stale

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Verb

stale - urinate, of cattle and horses
wee-wee, wee, take a leak, spend a penny, relieve oneself, piss, pee-pee, pee, pass water, micturate, make water, piddle, urinate, puddle, make waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Adjective

stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
fresh improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
old of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
staleness having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
addled confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"
spoiled, spoilt, bad having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"
cold lacking the warmth of life; "cold in his grave"
day-old not fresh today; "day-old bread is cheaper than fresh"
hard dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
maggoty, flyblown especially of reputation; "a flyblown reputation"
wilted, limp not firm; "wilted lettuce"
moldy, mouldy, musty covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
rancid (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
rotten having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"
tainted, corrupt lacking in integrity; "humanity they knew to be corrupt...from the day of Adam's creation"; "a corrupt and incompetent city government"
putrid morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
stale - lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
cold, dusty, moth-eaten
unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
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Substantiv

stale - A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.
stale - Any trap or lure.
stale - A low class of prostitute originally used as a decoy by other criminals.
stale - A person's position, especially in a battle-line.
stale - An ambush.
stale - A division of armed men posted in a specific place, either for an ambush or for other reasons.
stale - A handle of a broom or rake.
stale - Urine, especially of horses or cattle.

Verb

stale - To lose its freshness; to become stale.
stale - To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
stale - To urinate.

Adjektiv

stale - Having lost its freshness from age; of food still edible, but hard or unpleasant from age.
stale - No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: stale
  • Komparativ: staler / more stale
  • Superlativ: stalest / most stale

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) stale
  • Presens: stale / stales
  • Preteritum: staled
  • Perfektum: (have) staled

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