Boosenoun
(dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
Stallnoun
(countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
Boosenoun
alternative spelling of booze
Stallnoun
A stable; a place for cattle.
Booseverb
alternative spelling of booze
Stallnoun
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
Boosenoun
A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.
Stallnoun
(countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
Booseverb
To drink excessively. See Booze.
Stallnoun
A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
Boose
Boose is a surname. Notable people by that name include: James Rufus Boosé (1859–1936) travelling commissioner for the Royal Colonial Institute.
Stallnoun
(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.
Stallnoun
(aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
Stallnoun
An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
Stallnoun
A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
Stallnoun
A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
Stallnoun
A sheath to protect the finger.
Stallnoun
(mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
Stallnoun
(Canadian) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
Stallnoun
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.’;
Stallverb
(transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
‘to stall an ox’;
Stallverb
To fatten.
‘to stall cattle’;
Stallverb
(intransitive) To come to a standstill.
Stallverb
(transitive) To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
Stallverb
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
‘to stall a cart’;
Stallverb
To stop suddenly.
Stallverb
To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop by going to slowly for the selected gear.
Stallverb
To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift.
Stallverb
(obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
Stallverb
(obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
Stallverb
(obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Stallverb
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
Stallverb
To forestall; to anticipate.
Stallverb
To keep close; to keep secret.
Stallverb
(transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
‘He stalled the creditors as long as he could.’;
Stallverb
(intransitive) To employ delaying tactics.
‘Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.’;
Stallnoun
A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal.
Stallnoun
A stable; a place for cattle.
‘At last he found a stall where oxen stood.’;
Stallnoun
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
Stallnoun
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
‘How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.’;
Stallnoun
A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
‘The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls.’; ‘Loud the monks sang in their stalls.’;
Stallnoun
In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
Stallnoun
The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
Stallnoun
A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
‘Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word onA titlepage is this!"’;
Stallverb
To put into a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
‘Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled.’;
Stallverb
To fatten; as, to stall cattle.
Stallverb
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
Stallverb
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a cart.
‘His horses had been stalled in the snow.’;
Stallverb
To forestall; to anticipate.
‘This is not to be stall'd by my report.’;
Stallverb
To keep close; to keep secret.
‘Stall this in your bosom.’;
Stallverb
To live in, or as in, a stall; to dwell.
‘We could not stall togetherIn the whole world.’;
Stallverb
To kennel, as dogs.
Stallverb
To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
Stallverb
To be tired of eating, as cattle.
Stallnoun
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
Stallnoun
small area set off by walls for special use
Stallnoun
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
Stallnoun
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’;
Stallnoun
small individual study area in a library
Stallnoun
a tactic used to mislead or delay
Stallverb
postpone doing what one should be doing;
‘He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days’;
Stallverb
come to a stop;
‘The car stalled in the driveway’;
Stallverb
deliberately delay an event or action;
‘she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling’;
Stallverb
put into, or keep in, a stall;
‘Stall the horse’;
Stallverb
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
Stallverb
cause an airplane to go into a stall
Stallverb
cause an engine to stop;
‘The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car’;
