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stall English

Meaning stall meaning

What does stall mean?
Definitions in simple English

stall Noun

— A stall is a small room or area, usually for one person, animal, etc. I stepped into a shower stall and turned on the cold water. The market stalls in the main towns were filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. A very small horse stretches his head over his stall door to see us. — A stall is when something flying loses lift because it is not moving at a good angle to the air. The airplane went into a stall and started dropping.

stall Verb

— If something stalls, it stops improving or progressing. Talks between Israel and the Palestinians have stalled. — If an engine or vehicle stalls, it stops working because there is too much load and not enough fuel. The truck was stalled in the middle of the street. — If you stall, you purposefully slow things down or make people wait because you're not ready. "Can you tell me again?" she said, stalling for time.

stall

— noun a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed — noun (= booth) small area set off by walls for special use — noun a booth where articles are displayed for sale — verb (= procrastinate) postpone doing what one should be doing He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days — verb come to a stop The car stalled in the driveway — verb deliberately delay an event or action she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling — noun seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater — 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 — noun a tactic used to mislead or delay — 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 — noun (= carrel) small individual study area in a library

Synonyms stall synonyms

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stall English » English

booth stand stable kiosk shed delay stop procrastinate pen halt dilly-dally cubicle stalling shop rack conk sty stay shelf sales booth outhouse outbuilding lean-to drag one’s heels drag one’s feet come to a stop carrel barn tergiversate subterfuge stagnate snub shillyshally shelter seat scramble room put off pull up pavilion pause obstruct newspaper stand hedge fix fickle equivocate draw up dillydally detain

Topics stall topics

What do people use stall to talk about?
Work and occupation

Animal husbandry
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Cattle
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Pig
Work and occupation Animal husbandry Domesticated animal

Beast of burden
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction

Store, marketplace
States Time Relative time Right time

Delay
Daily life Cleaning

Bathe

Conjugation stall conjugation

How do you conjugate stall?

stall · verb

Examples stall examples

How do I use stall in a sentence?

Simple sentences

For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.

Movie subtitles

It transpired you delivered the flower stall chap's youngest.
In a crockery pot in the stall.
I'm sorry. I didn't notice anyone at Pistachio's stall besides Mr. Dubois.
I was in the next stall clipping Duke's toenails.
Remember that stall to the right of the house where we first met?
Now, don't stall, Joe.
You don't need to stall with Paddy Ryan, Tom.
Stall Number 3.
If it was Johnny, he'll stall, won't he?
Stall, please.
Sounds like a stall to me.
He's in his stall having his morning tea.
Stall their deliveries, push them off the streets!
Stall him until the extra's out.
Tell the boys to stall as much as possible and to forget what I said.
Stall.
Stall!
Stall them. Keep them here.
Stall, huh?
Now, stay away from him, run him off his feet, stall him.
I didn't notice anyone at Pistachio's stall besides Mr. Dubois.
Well, buddy, what's the stall?
Just stall him until the extra's out. Then tell him his poetry smells and kick him downstairs.
Stall them as long as you can.
Hurry up! Don't stall, you hear!
We'll have to stall him off.
That was only a stall about those first editions.
I walked in here last night and there he was, standin' in his stall, lookin' right at me with them biggity glass eyes.
Albert climbed into his stall and kicked the stuffings out of him and eat him.
I've gotta stall for time and figure this out.
Tomorrow you might find it in some bike stall,..

News and current affairs

As America debates whether or not to invade Iraq, fears that the country's economic recovery will stall are beginning to creep into the discussion; with that, worries about the health of the global economy are growing, too.
And job creation faltered in April and May, so the US may reach stall speed by year end.
America at Stall Speed?
Failure would mean succumbing to a mid-air stall, with tepid forward motion giving way to a sudden loss of altitude.
Unless we are convinced of the Dreamliner's ability to avoid stall speed, it makes no sense to talk about all the ways in which it will enhance the travel experience for millions of people around the world.
America's economy today risks stall speed.
Stall speed is a terrifying risk for an economy like that of the US, which desperately needs to grow robustly.
The private sector alone cannot and will not counter the risk of stall speed.
The reality is the opposite: for several reasons, growth will slow further in the second half of 2012 and be even lower in 2013 - close to stall speed.
Yet, despite all this, employment remained stagnant: net job creation in the United States continues to stall.
The construction boom is starting to stall, just as net exports have become a drag on growth, owing to weakening US and especially eurozone demand.
If declining confidence in US fiscal policy leads to a weaker dollar, Europe and Asia may find it more difficult to export, and if the deficits prove a drag on the American economy, global growth may stall.
Without a new burst of trade unionism in poor countries, the worldwide movement to insure human and labor rights will lose momentum and stall, turning hope into helplessness for millions of desperate workers.
All of this would slow the recovery, perhaps even causing it to stall.
Her stall is far from ideal; with every gust of wind, sand and dirt blow over the meat.
This is a difficult transition, during which many countries have lost momentum as structural transformations stall.
It might stall, but it would never go into reverse.
Unfortunately, the IMF cannot enforce its guidelines, because currency manipulators are able to stall action.
Remove constraints on what politicians can do, he implied, and all you will get are silly interventions that throttle markets and stall the engine of economic growth.
If reforms stall, falling stock prices are likely to be the least of China's worries.
Concerned that President Barack Obama will be less likely than Bush to use force to stop Iran, Israel must now contemplate its next steps should diplomacy continue to stall.

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