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stalls |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stall Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stall Entailment of verb stall Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb stall 7 senses of stall Sense 1 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay Sense 2 stall, conk => stop, halt Sense 3 stall => delay, detain, hold up Sense 4 stall => shelter Sense 5 stall => stop, halt Sense 6 stall => stop Sense 7 stall => stop Familiarity of verb stall stall used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stall Sense 1 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay -------------- Sense 2 stall, conk => stop, halt -------------- Sense 3 stall => delay, detain, hold up -------------- Sense 4 stall => shelter -------------- Sense 5 stall => stop, halt -------------- Sense 6 stall => stop -------------- Sense 7 stall => stop -------------- Grep of noun stalls stalls starting stalls Grep of noun stall bookstall coffee stall fingerstall footstall frontstall headstall shower stall stall stall bar stalling stallion stalls thumbstall Overview of noun stalls The noun stalls has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stalls -- ((British) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater) 2. stable, stalls, horse barn -- (a farm building for housing horses or other livestock) Overview of noun stall The noun stall has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (10) stall -- (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed) 2. (3) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk -- (small area set off by walls for special use) 3. (2) stall, stand sales booth -- (a booth where articles are displayed for sale) 4. 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") 5. carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall -- (small individual study area in a library) 6. stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay) Overview of verb stall The verb stall has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days") 2. (1) stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway") 3. (1) stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling") 4. stall -- (put into or keep in a stall) 5. stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes) 6. stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall) 7. stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car") Overview of noun stalls The noun stalls has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stalls -- ((British) seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater) 2. stable, stalls, horse barn -- (a farm building for housing horses or other livestock) Overview of noun stall The noun stall has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (10) stall -- (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed) 2. (3) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk -- (small area set off by walls for special use) 3. (2) stall, stand sales booth -- (a booth where articles are displayed for sale) 4. 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") 5. carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall -- (small individual study area in a library) 6. stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay) Overview of verb stall The verb stall has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days") 2. (1) stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway") 3. (1) stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling") 4. stall -- (put into or keep in a stall) 5. stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes) 6. stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall) 7. stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")
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