Definition of Stale

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Definition of Stale

Stale

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.

Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.

Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.

Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.

To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.

To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.

That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.

A prostitute.

Urine, esp. that of beasts.

Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.

A stalking-horse.

A stalemate.

A laughingstock; a dupe.

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Stale Quotations

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!
William Shakespeare

Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be good, and we want the energy to be high, and if we want to be in good enough physical shape to do them, and not exhaust ourselves on the road, and not get stale, we have to pace.
Jerry Garcia

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

I have avoided becoming stale by putting a little water on the plate, lying on the plate, and having myself refreshed in a toaster oven for 23 minutes once every month.
Dean Koontz

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.
Dean Koontz

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.
Giacomo Casanova

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.
Sammy Davis, Jr.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.
Willa Cather

We had offers to go everywhere and we could have done them. But what would have been the point? We were tired. We had worked hard and needed a break before we got stale. We spent six months at home and writing songs.
John Bonham

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Stale Translations

stale in Dutch is muf, adellijk, benauwd, goor, gortig
stale in German is abgestanden, schal
stale in Portuguese is velho
stale in Spanish is oprimido, rancio

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