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stall
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /st??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- (US) IPA(key): /st?l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /st?l/
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
stall (plural stalls)
- (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- Synonym: boose
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days [...]
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest:
- Rabbit eases from the king-size bed, goes into their bathroom with its rose-colored one-piece Fiberglas tub and shower stall, and urinates into the toilet of a matching rose porcelain.
- 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest:
- (countable) 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.
- (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
- (Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- 1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition,
- When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.
- 1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition,
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
- (Canada) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
Derived terms
- deep stall
- shock stall
Translations
Related terms
- stall-fed
- orchestra stalls
Verb
stall (third-person singular simple present stalls, present participle stalling, simple past and past participle stalled)
- (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- To fatten.
- (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
- (transitive) To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- 1884, Edward Everett Hale, The Fortunes of Rachel:
- His horses had been stalled in the snow.
- 1884, Edward Everett Hale, The Fortunes of Rachel:
- (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
- (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
- (intransitive, aviation) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (transitive, aviation) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
- (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
- (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- 1636, Philip Massinger, The Bashful Lover
- not to be stall'd by my report
- 1636, Philip Massinger, The Bashful Lover
- To keep close; to keep secret.
Derived terms
- forestall
- stall for time
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English stallen (“to abide, dwell, place in a location, stop, come to a standstill”), partly from Old French estaler, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 (see above); and partly from Middle English stalle (“fixed position, stall”).
Noun
stall (plural stalls)
- An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
- His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.
Translations
Verb
stall (third-person singular simple present stalls, present participle stalling, simple past and past participle stalled)
- (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
- He stalled the creditors as long as he could.
- (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics.
- Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.
Synonyms
- (transitive): delay, postpone, put off
- (intransitive): delay, penelopize, procrastinate
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “stall”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- talls
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse stallr
Noun
stall m (definite singular stallen, indefinite plural staller, definite plural stallene)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
Derived terms
- lokomotivstall
References
- “stall” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stallr
Noun
stall m (definite singular stallen, indefinite plural stallar, definite plural stallane)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
Derived terms
- lokomotivstall
References
- “stall” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish stalder, from Old Norse stallr.
Pronunciation
Noun
stall n
- stable, building for housing horses
- a team in certain sports, in particular racing.
- bridge (of a violin etc.)
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: talli
- ? Ingrian: talli
Anagrams
- talls
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse stallr, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.
Noun
stall m (definite singular stalln, definite plural stalla)
- a stable (building where horses are housed)
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ask
English
Alternative forms
- aks, ax (standard until about 1600, now dialectal and no longer standard)
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???sk/
- (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /?ask/
- (multicultural London also) IPA(key): /???ks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???sk/
- (US)
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æsk/
- (NYC, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /e?sk/
- (AAVE, Cajun, Nigeria) enPR: ?ks, IPA(key): /?æks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æsk/
- Rhymes: -??sk, -æsk
- Homophones: ax, axe (some dialects)
Etymology 1
From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English ?scian, from Proto-West Germanic *aisk?n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eys- (“to wish; request”), German eischen.
Verb
ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)
- (transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
- He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
- To request or petition; usually with for.
- Ask, and it shall be given you.
- To request permission to do something.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- But in any Exigence of State, like that they are now pressed with, it certainly asks a much longer time to conduct any Design, for the Good of the Common-wealth, to its Maturity and Perfection.
- To invite.
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
- (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- Pronouncing ask as /æks/ is a common example of metathesis (attested since the Old English period) and still common in some varieties of English, notably African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
- The action expressed by the verb ask can also be expressed by the noun-verb combination pose a question.
- In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb ask had the form askest, and had askedst for its past tense.
- Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form asketh was used.
Hyponyms
- beg, beseech, demand, enquire, entreat, frain, implore, interrogate, petition, prompt, query, question, request, solicit, supplicate
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
ask (plural asks)
- An act or instance of asking.
- Something asked or asked for.
- Synonym: request
- 2008, Doug Fields, Duffy Robbins, Speaking to Teenagers:
- Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.
- An asking price.
Etymology 2
From Middle English aske, arske, from Old English ?þexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsij? (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate of German Echse (“lizard”).
Alternative forms
- asker, ascar, askerd, askard
Noun
ask (plural asks)
- (Britain dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
- (Britain dialectal) A lizard.
- 1951, Malcolm Arthur Smith, The British Amphibians & Reptiles (page 258)
- We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).
- 1951, Malcolm Arthur Smith, The British Amphibians & Reptiles (page 258)
Anagrams
- AKs, KAs, KSA, SKA, aks, kas, ska
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ask/
Noun
ask c (singular definite asken, plural indefinite aske)
- common ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)
Declension
References
- “ask” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
Alternative forms
- askur m
Etymology
From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ask/
Noun
ask f (genitive singular askar, plural askir)
- ash tree
- ash wood
Declension
Icelandic
Noun
ask
- indefinite accusative singular of askur
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz.
Noun
ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural asker, definite plural askene)
- the European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior
References
- “ask” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz. Akin to English ash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk/
Noun
ask m (definite singular asken, indefinite plural askar, definite plural askane)
- the European ash (ash tree) Fraxinus excelsior
References
- “ask” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?k/
Noun
ask m
- ash tree
- spear
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: esk
- Plautdietsch: Asch
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish asker, from Old Norse askr, from Proto-Germanic *askaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?s- (“ash”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ask c
- the European ash (tree) Fraxinus excelsior
- a small box
- Synonyms: låda, skrin
Declension
Descendants
- ? Finnish: aski
Anagrams
- sak, ska
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