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

2. 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.

3. To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.

4. (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

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

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

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

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

5. Fallow, in reference to land.

6. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.

7. Taking a long time to change

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

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 Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.

10. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

2. The posts and rungs composing a ladder.

3. The stem of a plant.

4. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

1. To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

2. A stalemate; a stalemated game.

3. An ambush.

4. A band of armed men or hunters.

5. The main force of an army.

1. To stalemate.

2. To be stalemated.

1. At a standstill; stalemated.

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

2. Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

3. An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.

4. A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.

5. A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.

6. A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.

7. Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

1. To serve as a decoy, to lure.