āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
stale
01
āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āύāϝāĻŧ
(of food, particularly cake and bread) not fresh anymore, due to exposure to air or prolonged storage
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found the crackers in the pantry had gone stale, lacking their usual crispness.
āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϞ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻĒāĻŋāύā§āϏā§āϰ āĻ
āĻāĻžāĻŦ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their conversation topics became stale, lacking the excitement they once had.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞ āϤāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
2.1
āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ, āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ
no longer valid or useful because it has not been acted on in time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court threw out the stale evidence, as it had nât been presented in a timely manner.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The water in the bottle tasted stale after sitting in the sun all day.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϰā§āĻĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§āϤāϞā§āϰ āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher started feeling stale, unable to motivate her students like she once did.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽāĨ¤
to stale
01
āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϰāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž
to urinate, especially used when referring to an animal, particularly a horse
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After being let out, the cattle staled in the pasture.
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϰāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāϤā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύā§
to make something no longer fresh, often due to neglect or lack of use
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The warm weather staled the bread, making it lose its freshness.
āĻāϰāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāϤā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύā§
to lose freshness and become dry over time
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cake staled by the next morning, losing its freshness.
āĻĒāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻžāϞ āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
staleness
stale
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