Noun
a tactic used to mislead or delay

Noun
small area set off by walls for special use

Noun
small individual study area in a library

Noun
a booth where articles are displayed for sale

Noun
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

Noun
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"

Verb
deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn''t want to write the report, so she is stalling"

Verb
come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"

Verb
cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

Verb
cause an airplane to go into a stall

Verb
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

Verb
put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"

Verb
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

v. i.
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

v. i.
A stable; a place for cattle.

v. i.
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.

v. i.
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

v. i.
A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.

v. i.
In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

v. i.
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.

v. t.
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

v. t.
To fatten; as, to stall cattle.

v. t.
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

v. t.
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.

v. t.
To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

v. t.
To keep close; to keep secret.

v. i.
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.

v. i.
To kennel, as dogs.

v. i.
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

v. i.
To be tired of eating, as cattle.

Stall

At last he found a stall where oxen stood.

How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.

The dignifird clergy, out of humanility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls.

Loud the monks in their stalls.

Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on

A titlepage is this!" Milton.

Stall

Stall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stalled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stalling.] [Cf. Sw. stalla, Dan. stalde.] 1. To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.

Dryden. 2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install. Shak. 4. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart. Burton.

His horses had been stalled in the snow.

5. To forestall; to anticipitate. Having

This not to be stall'd by my report.

6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]

Stall this in your bosom.

Stall

Stall, v. i. [AS. steallian to have room. See Stall, n.] 1. To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell. [Obs.]

We could not stall together In the whole world.

2. To kennel, as dogs.

3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast. 4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.

To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.

To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.