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Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

(of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).

To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.

To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.

(alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

(alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.

No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.

No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.

No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.

A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)

The posts and rungs composing a ladder.

The stem of a plant.

The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

A stalemate; a stalemated game.

An ambush.

A band of armed men or hunters.

To stalemate.

To be stalemated.

At a standstill; stalemated.

(livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

(livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.

Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.

A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.

To serve as a decoy, to lure.