Meaning of stale | Babel Free

Definitions

1. old (having existed for a long time)
2. Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
   obsolete
3. At a standstill; stalemated.
   not-comparable, obsolete
4. old (having lived for many years)
5. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
6. old (former, previous)
7. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
8. stale (no longer novel or interesting)
9. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
   obsolete
10. an old person
11. Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
    usually
12. Fallow, in reference to land.
    obsolete
13. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
14. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
15. Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
16. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

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Examples

“The stronger Beere is divided into two parts (viz.) mild and stale; the first may ease a man of a drought, but the later is like water cast into a Smiths forge, and breeds more heartburning, and as rust eates into Iron, so overstale Beere gnawes auletholes in the entrales, or else my skill failes, and what I have written of it is to be held as a jest.”

“Particular care must be taken that the stale beer in which the isinglass is dissolved be perfectly clear and stale.”

“Is not that hard or stale beer mixed to give the porter the appearance of age at once, which formerly was allowed to be matured by time?”

“Stale as breed or drinke is, rassis. Stale as meate is that begynneth to savoure, viel.”

“New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled.”

“To her surprise, Abe did not come to collect her for the usual morning inhabitation session with Azure. She did not see him until almost noon, when he personally delivered lunch to her tent. Another stale roll and cup of water sat on the tray he carried. Abe hung his head, as abashed as Honorato had been. “This is all I could sneak in for now. I'll try to get more later.””

“Better is...be it new or stale, A harmelesse lie, than a harmefull true tale.”

“Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe.”

“How wary, stale, flat, and vnprofitable Seeme to me all the vses of this world?”

“A two-days-old newspaper. You resent the stale thing as an affront.”

“Rick would comment on the fact that he'd never had such bad coffee, not even the mud at his precinct. Mark would tell him to quit with the stale joke, already”

“Rosimunda...hathe an vncle a stale batcheler.”

“In barren Women, and stale Maids, Tapping should be very cautiously undertaken.”

“In most states, you can be ticketed for failing to clear the intersection, even if you are hemmed in by traffic. One good clue to a stale green light is the pedestrian signal.”

“Lime would do very little or no good on stale ploughed lands.”

“a stale affidavit”

“a stale demand”

“The jury will rarely give credit to a stale complaint.”

“By this means the [horse's] legs are not made more stale than necessary.”

“Dame Agnes will probably be stale after her exertions in the Derby.”

“Stale cheque,...a cheque which has remained unpaid for some considerable time.”

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

“Then drawith he & is stale.”

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