stale

noun

Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

1. (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
2. To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
3. To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
4. (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

1. (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
2. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
3. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
4. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
5. Fallow, in reference to land.
6. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.

   a stale affidavit

7. Taking a long time to change
8. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
9. Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
10. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

    The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.

1. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
2. The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
3. The stem of a plant.
4. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

verb

To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

1. A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
2. A stalemate; a stalemated game.
3. An ambush.
4. A band of armed men or hunters.
5. The main force of an army.

1. To stalemate.
2. To be stalemated.

adjective

At a standstill; stalemated.

noun

(livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

verb

(livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

1. A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
2. Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
3. An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
4. A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
5. A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
6. A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
7. Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

verb

To serve as a decoy, to lure.