stale

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

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

Near-synonyms: gone bad, spoiled; see also Thesaurus:rotten

New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled.

Đồng nghĩa: fusty, gone bad, spoiled, bad, gone bad, gone off, maggoted, rotten, spoiled

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

Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe.

Đồng nghĩa: banal, played out, trite, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, clichéd, commonplace, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed, hoary, overdone, overused, overworked, pat, played out, shopworn, stale, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, warmed-over, well-worn

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

Near-synonyms: over the hill; see also Thesaurus:elderly

Đồng nghĩa: matronly, past it, over the hill, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years, over the hill, senior, superannuated, ivy-covered, preserved, wintry

(usually)(in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.

Đồng nghĩa: antediluvian, eldern, venerable, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern, gamol, gray, hoary, moss-grown, old, old as the hills, old as the Pyramids, olden, older than dirt, older than the hills, older than the Pyramids, venerable, wintry

(obsolete)(agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.

(law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.

a stale affidavit

a stale demand

Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.

Đồng nghĩa: clapped out, decrepit, passé, clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted, outworn, passé, past it, past one's prime, raddled, ragged, ravaged, rinky-dink, rough, shabby, stale, tired, unimproved, wasted, weakened, wrecked, wrecksome, worn, worn-out, worsened

(finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.

(computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.

(not comparable, obsolete)(chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.

Then drawith he & is stale.

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

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

(dialectal)One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.

One of the rungs on a ladder.

(obsolete)(botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.

The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

(obsolete)(military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

(uncommon)(chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.

(obsolete)(military, obsolete) An ambush.

(obsolete)A band of armed men or hunters.

The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.

(Scotland, obsolete)(Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.

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

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

(transitive)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.

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

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

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

(transitive, uncommon)(chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.

He shall stale þe black kyng in the pointe þer the crosse standith.

(intransitive, obsolete)(chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.

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

Gif ony stal in the yet of the gilde...he sall gif iiijd. to the mendis.

(obsolete, rare, transitive)To serve as a decoy, to lure.