stall

1. A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.
2. 1. A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.
   2. A small compartment: a shower stall.
3. 1. An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.
   2. A pew in a church.
4. Chiefly British. A seat in the front part of a theater.
5. A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.
6. A protective sheath for a finger or toe.
7. The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.
8. A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.

1. To put or lodge in a stall.
2. To maintain in a stall for fattening: to stall cattle.
3. To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.
4. To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.
5. To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.

1. To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.
2. To stick fast in mud or snow.
3. To come to a standstill: Negotiations stalled.
4. To stop running as a result of mechanical failure: The car stalled on the freeway.
5. To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.

[Middle English stalle, from Old English steall, standing place, stable.]

A ruse or tactic used to mislead or delay.

To employ delaying tactics against: stall off creditors.

To employ delaying tactics: stalling for time.

[Alteration (influenced by STALL¹) of obsolete stale, pickpocket's accomplice, from Middle English, decoy, from Anglo-Norman estale, of Germanic origin, possibly akin to Old English stǣl, stathol, place, position. See staddle.]

verb

1. To prevent the occurrence or continuation of a movement, action, or operation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt¹, stay¹, stop, surcease. Idioms: bring to a standstill, call a halt to, put a stop to. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To come to a cessation: arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt¹, leave off, quit, stop, surcease. Idioms: come to ahaltstandstillstop. See continue/stop/pause.

verb

To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: delay, detain, hang up, hold up, lag, retard, set back, slow (down or up). See help/harm/harmless, time.

Definition: delay for own purposes
Antonyms: advance, allow, further, help

n. an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling: speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control.

1. (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine: her car stalled at the crossroads.

2. (of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls.

3. have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion.

4. cause (an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat) to stall.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. A fixed seat enclosed wholly or partially at the back and sides.
2. (Brit.) In the theater, a seat in the front division of the parquet (orchestra stalls).

A small compartment to house one animal, usually a horse, cow or pig. Calves may also be housed in stalls for reasons of hygiene or in veal fattening units. A stall is usually just large enough for an animal to stand and lie in but insufficient to turn around in; in fact they may be designed specifically so that the animal cannot turn around. There may be a chain across the back, which is always open, or the animal is tied in with a neck chain or a headstall. In open access housing in modern cow barns no attempt is made to keep the cows in their stalls. See also box (2).

• s. bed — the floor of a stall. Most commonly concrete covered with straw, sawdust or other bedding but earth floors or sand on concrete are probably more comfortable for cows. Pigs manage all right on concrete without bedding.
• s. fed — cattle confined and fed in individual stalls. Contrast with pen-fed or lot-fed.
• s. kicking — a vice in horses which are kept in stalls for too long without exercise.
• s.-related injury — injuries incurred by being restrained in stalls, e.g. teat treads, broken tail.

Not to be confused with steel or still.

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Stall may refer to:

Enclosures

• Stall (enclosure), a small enclosure, as for market goods, or for an animal
  • Restroom stall, an enclosure providing privacy to the user of a single toilet in a public restroom
• Market stall, a makeshift or mobile structures for selling market goods or serving food
• Choir stall, seating in a church for the choir
• Stalls, the ground floor seats in a theatre
• Bake sale (US), or Cake stall (UK), a fundraising activity

Motion

• Stall (engine), the unexpected or unwanted stopping of an engine
• Stall (flight), the fairly sudden loss of effectiveness of an aerodynamic surface
• Compressor stall, the sudden loss of compression in a jet engine
• Stalling (gaming), obstruction of the flow of play while leading in a timed game

Places

• Stall, Austria

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bås, stand, bod, korstol, parketplads, stalling
v. tr. - opstalde, stalle, gå i stå, tabe fart, stoppe op, køre fast
v. intr. - stalle, gå i stå, tabe fart, stoppe, køre fast

2.
n. - afledningsmanøvre
v. tr. - aflede, vige udenom, vinde tid
v. intr. - vige uden om, vinde tid

Nederlands (Dutch)
stalletje, kraam, hok in een stal, parkeerplaats, kerkbank, vinger-/ teenbeschermer, vastlopen, stallen, de boot afhouden, afslaan

Français (French)
1.
n. - stand, kiosque, stalle, étal, (Équit) starting-gate, barrière de départ, (Aviat) décrochage, (Archit) stalle, compartiment, (US) cabinet, (US) stalle, place de parking
v. tr. - (Aut) caler, bloquer, faire patienter
v. intr. - caler, décrocher (un avion)

2.
n. - tactique/ruse (pour temporiser ou induire en erreur)
v. tr. - bloquer (des négociations), faire patienter (qn)
v. intr. - temporiser, chercher à gagner du temps, stagner (une industrie), se bloquer

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Stand, Stall
v. - einstallen, sich festfahren

2.
n. - Stehenbleiben, Ausflucht
v. - aufhalten, stehenbleiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χώρισμα στάβλου, (υπαίθριος) πάγκος, περίπτερο έκθεσης, στασίδι, στέκι, πόστο, στολάρισμα, απώλεια στήριξης αεροσκάφους
v. - παύω να λειτουργώ, σταματώ, χρονοτριβώ, καθυστερώ σκόπιμα, (για αεροσκάφη) χάνω στήριξη πτήσης, στολάρω

Italiano (Italian)
galleria, tenere a bada, bloccarsi, spegnersi, bancarella

Português (Portuguese)
n. - barraca onde se vende algo, baia (f), assento (m)
v. - impedir, enguiçar, embromar, protelar

Русский (Russian)
стойло, доильный станок, хлев, ларек, лоток, кресло партера, кабина, место стоянки автомашины, ставить животное в стойло, отвлекать внимание жертвы при воровстве, останавливать, застревать, глохнуть (о двигателе), заглушать (двигатель)

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - platea, puesto, quiosco, caseta, puesto de venta, estado del aeroplano cuya velocidad ha disminuido hasta el punto de hacerlo ingobernable
v. tr. - parar, poner o tener en establo o cuadra, poner, colocar, asignar un puesto, proveer de puestos, compartimentos, ahogar
v. intr. - estar en un establo, pararse, ahogarse (un motor), perder la velocidad (un aeroplano) hasta el punto de hacerse ingobernable

2.
n. - táctica utilizada para despistar, engañar o demorar
v. tr. - departamento, atascar, atollar
v. intr. - atascarse, atollarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svepskäl, spilta, bås, parkettplats, korstol, ficktjuvs medhjälpare, parkeringsruta
v. - slingra sig, komma med undanflykter, stoppa (mask.), sätta in en spilta, överstegra (flyg.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 栏, 栅, 厩, 书报亭, 货摊, 摊位, 隔间, 小间, 把...关入畜舍, 使动弹不得, 使陷入泥潭, 使熄火, 被关入畜舍, 抛锚, 熄火, 失速

2. 拖延, 诡计, 托词, 推迟, 拖时间使等候, 把...拖住, 支吾, 拖延时间

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 拖延, 詭計, 托詞
v. tr. - 拖延, 推遲, 拖時間使等候, 把...拖住
v. intr. - 支吾, 拖延, 拖延時間

2.
n. - 欄, 柵, 廄, 書報亭, 貨攤, 攤位, 隔間, 小間
v. tr. - 把...關入畜舍, 使動彈不得, 使陷入泥潭, 使熄火
v. intr. - 被關入畜舍, 拋錨, 熄火, 失速

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 마구간, 매점, (극장의) 1층 정면 앞자리
v. tr. - 마구간에 넣다, (자동차, 군대 등을) 오도가도 못하게 하다, ~을 막다른 궁지에 빠뜨리다
v. intr. - (엔진, 차 등이) 멎다, 막다른 궁지에 빠지다, (가축 등이) 축사에 들어가 있다

2.
n. - (지연을 시키기 위한) 구실, 속임수, 소매치기의 바람잡이
v. tr. - 교묘하게 핑계하여 지연시키다, 속이다, 만류하다
v. intr. - 교묘하게 시간을 벌다, (상대편을 속이기 위해) 힘을 아끼다, 소매치기의 바람잡이 노릇을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 仕切り, 売店, 露店, 聖職者席, 小仕切り, 失速, エンスト, 口実, ごまかし, 馬屋
v. - 家畜小屋に入れる, 立ち往生させる, 失速させる, 待たせる, 引き延ばす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مربط حيوان, كشك في السوق, مقعد أمامي في المسرح (فعل) أبقى الماشيه في زريبه, أجل عمل بغرض كسب الوقت, تعطل محرك السيارة أو الطائرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תא (לסוס), אורווה, רפת, תאון, דוכן, דלפק, ביתן, מושב-כומר (בכנסייה), כובעון-אצבע, איבוד שליטה (במטוס), תא ישיבה (בתיאטרון)‬
v. tr. - ‮הכניס לאורווה, שמר באורווה, כיבה, עצר, איבד השליטה (במטוס)‬
v. intr. - ‮כבה (מנוע), התחמק, נתקע (בבוץ, שלג, פקק)‬
n. - ‮ניסיון להרוויח זמן כאשר נשאלים‬
v. tr. - ‮דחה, עיכב, השהה‬
v. intr. - ‮התחמק‬

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