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stall

English

  1. 🔊 a tactic used to mislead or delay
  2. 🔊 a booth where articles are displayed for sale
  3. 🔊 a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
  4. 🔊 seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
  5. 🔊 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”
  6. 🔊 small area set off by walls for special use
  7. 🔊 small individual study area in a library
  8. 🔊 deliberately delay an event or action
    “she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling”
  9. 🔊 come to a stop
    “The car stalled in the driveway”
  10. 🔊 cause an engine to stop
    “The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car”
  11. 🔊 cause an airplane to go into a stall
  12. 🔊 experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
  13. 🔊 put into, or keep in, a stall
    “Stall the horse”
  14. 🔊 postpone doing what one should be doing
    “He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 tenderete stall, market stall, stand
  2. 🔊 tabanco stall, small area set off by walls for special use
  3. 🔊 estancar to stall, suspend, or stop a project or business plan

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