English adjective: stale | |||
1. | stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age | ||
Samples | Stale bread. The beer was stale. | ||
Similar | addled, bad, cold, corrupt, day-old, flyblown, hard, limp, maggoty, moldy, mouldy, musty, putrescent, putrid, rancid, rotten, spoiled, spoilt, tainted, wilted | ||
See also | old, unoriginal | ||
Attribute | staleness | ||
Antonyms | fresh | ||
2. | stale lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new | ||
Samples | Moth-eaten theories about race. Stale news. | ||
Synonyms | cold, dusty, moth-eaten | ||
Similar | unoriginal | ||
Antonyms | original | ||
English verb: stale | |||
1. | stale (body) urinate, of cattle and horses | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | ||