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stall

[ UK /stˈɔːl/ ]
[ US /ˈstɔɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. cause an engine to stop
    The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
  2. put into, or keep in, a stall
    Stall the horse
  3. cause an airplane to go into a stall
  4. postpone doing what one should be doing
    He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
  5. come to a stop
    The car stalled in the driveway
  6. deliberately delay an event or action
    she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
  7. experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
NOUN
  1. small individual study area in a library
  2. a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
    the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it
  3. a tactic used to mislead or delay
  4. a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
  5. seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
  6. a booth where articles are displayed for sale
  7. small area set off by walls for special use
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  • They brought in an outside specialist to install the computer system.
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  • The bold provisionality and elegant openness of Merz's installations, as well as his own freewheeling personal presence and oracular writings, helped make him the most widely recognized of all the Arte Povera artists.
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