stall

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
3. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
4. A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
5. A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
6. A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
7. An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
8. A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
9. A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
10. A sheath to protect the finger.
11. The space left by excavation between pillars.
12. A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

Verb

1. To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
2. To fatten.
3. (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
4. To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
5. To forestall; to anticipate.
6. To keep close; to keep secret.

Verb

1. To employ delaying tactics against.
2. To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
3. To come to a standstill.
4. To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
5. To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
6. To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
7. To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
8. To stop suddenly.
9. To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
10. (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
11. (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

Sinonieme

booth

stand

stable

kiosk

shed

delay

stop

🛑

procrastinate

dilly-dally

halt

pen

🖊️

cubicle

rack

stalling

conk

shop

outhouse

drag one’s heels

stay

sty

lean-to

carrel

barn

come to a stop

shelf

outbuilding

drag one’s feet

sales booth

fix

come to a halt

dillydally

equivocate

subterfuge

room

capricious

draw up

carrell

obstruct

pavilion

scramble

seat

💺

detain

newspaper stand

stagnate

hedge

shelter

pause

shillyshally

avoid

snub

tergiversate

pull up

cabin

put off

check

fickle

hold over

hold up

hut

🛖

intercept

keep up

knock off

loophole

maneuver

manger

market

market-place

mire

mislead

mortification

move around

mystification

necrosis

obviate

palter

parking lot

parking space

parquet

parry

pew

postpone

pretext

prevaricate

prevarication

prolong

prorogue

pull

pull over

putoff

quibble

quirk

quit

red herring

rein

respite

rove

rug

run aground

set back

shift

shirk

shun

sidestep

sitting

skirt

slip

slough

slow

spin

spin out

stalls

still

surge

surging

sustain

swan

🦢

switch off

table

temporize

tergiversation

thwart

make no progress

skate over

tour

travel

trig

turn off

turn out

vagabond

waffle

🧇

warehouse

be at bay

come to a standstill

give over

jiggery-pokery

kill time

parrock

rein in

small shop

stop over

sphacelus

waste

stop suddenly

sheath for finger

shy away from

temporary shed

stay clear

tantalise tantalize

adjourn

arrest

balk

barrow

beguile

belay

bench

blanket

blind

block

blow

blow out

bluff

box

📦

bring up

browse

burn out

cage

cancel

carpet

cease

checkmate

cheese

🧀

circuit

circulate

coop

corner

corral

cot

cowshed

crib

cubical

cut

cut off

cut out

dawdle

deceive

decoy

defer

delude

dodge

elusion

eschew

evade

evasion

extend

fail

flag down

forbear

gangrene

go out

hang on

haul up

head off

hold off

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɔːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stall

Geërf van Old English: steall

Geërf van Middle English: stallen

In summary

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”).