stale
stale
steÉĒl
steil
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stale"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āϟāĻžāϟāĻ•āĻž āύāϝāĻŧ

(of food, particularly cake and bread) not fresh anymore, due to exposure to air or prolonged storage
stale definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found the crackers in the pantry had gone stale, lacking their usual crispness.
āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻŋāύ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āύ⧀āϰāϏ

lacking freshness or excitement due to overuse, age, or repetition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their conversation topics became stale, lacking the excitement they once had.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ

no longer valid or useful because it has not been acted on in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court threw out the stale evidence, as it had n’t been presented in a timely manner.
āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŦāĻŋāϰ

(of air, smoke, or water) lacking movement or flow, causing an unpleasant smell or taste
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The water in the bottle tasted stale after sitting in the sun all day.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰ⧋āĻĻ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāϞāϟāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ

(of a person) having lost creativity or effectiveness from doing something too long
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher started feeling stale, unable to motivate her students like she once did.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĨ¤
01

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to urinate, especially used when referring to an animal, particularly a horse
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After being let out, the cattle staled in the pasture.
āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļ⧁āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϰāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϤ⧇āϜāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to make something no longer fresh, often due to neglect or lack of use
Transitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The warm weather staled the bread, making it lose its freshness.
āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤ⧇āϜāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāϤ⧇āϜāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to lose freshness and become dry over time
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cake staled by the next morning, losing its freshness.
āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ āύāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻĻ āϕ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤ⧇āϜāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

staleness
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