noun
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Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
verb
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(of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
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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.
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To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
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(alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
adjective
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(alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
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No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
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No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
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No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
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Fallow, in reference to land.
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Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
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a stale affidavit
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Taking a long time to change
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Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
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Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
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Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
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The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.
Examples of stale in a Sentence
The room smelled of stale air and mold.
The copper tray hit the bottom of the can with a loud clatter, spewing ashes into the stale office air.
Prince Vasili always spoke languidly, like an actor repeating a stale part.
She quickly put the plates in the dishwasher and dumped the stale water from the frying pan.
It had the stale smell of an abandoned building.
If its not busy, the food gets a bit stale.
He and Randy shared the remains of nearly a dozen stale doughnuts after knocking off a quart of milk and a cheese sandwich each.
There was something very different about the human's blood, like comparing warm, homemade bread with stale crumbs out of the garbage.
He disliked her smoking and the stale smell that always surrounded her like a bar room musk.
She had enough for a month, but after a few days, she found herself wishing for real food instead of the stale bars.
Are n't they just stale bread to begin with?
Someone had food in their pantry at one point, but it was stale and consisted of canned food she wouldn't normally eat.
These cookies also last longer than baked cookies and won't become dry or stale.
I bet that will be as popular with the police as internal affairs or stale donuts.
Sometimes, however, the centre of a bulky root stale has strands of metaxylem (to which may be added strands of metaphioem) scattered through it, the interstices being filled with conjunctive.
Indeed, the whole site is getting quite stale.
Even the smoggy Los Angeles air outside had to be better than the stale air in the office.
It's a completely new experience in role-playing, especially for the somewhat stale Final Fantasy series.
They continuously remove and clean air so that it doesn't get stale or full of particles.
Dull color can mean dried out, flavorless, stale coffee beans.
If they smell bad, smoky or just stale, avoid them.
Buy smaller quantities of coffee so you use it before it becomes stale.
If used for this purpose, flirting can reinvigorate a marriage that has grown stale.
Save stale bread to make your own breadcrumbs.
If you have cereal that is slightly stale or a kind your children don't seem to like, try creating your own cereal bars.
It's especially useful for de-emphasizing employment gaps, doesn't identify you as a job hopper nor does it call attention to the fact that you've been in one job too long and your resume has gone stale.
Rotate the music you listen to on a regular basis to keep it from becoming stale or predictable.
Longtime exercisers sometimes find that it helps to try a new activity, particularly if their workouts are beginning to feel stale.
Mix and match so your wardrobe doesn't get stale.
Corgan stated that Mellon Collie would be the last rock album from his band and that rock itself was becoming stale due to a lack of experimentation.
Their computer-like thinking patterns makes their ship design stale and straightforward.
With flash, a web designer can create websites that are full of features, completely interactive and more art than a stale and static site.
Your trainee will have energy and ideas which will revive you if you feel stale !
Bread trenchers (slightly stale loaves, hollowed out to make a bowl) can also be used for food.
Unlike the wafers generally used at Mass, freshly baked bread that is consecrated will quickly go stale.
The intake of stale air has been one of the concerns in the risk of SIDS.
If your cabinets are looking a little stale, you can save money by freshening up the ones you have rather than replacing them.
Use stale, leftover bread to make vegan bread pudding for dessert.
The amount of destruction they've crammed into the game makes for a fun ride, albeit one that's bound to get stale.
Developers Alpha Dream and Nintendo have also found ingenious ways to incorporate traditional Mario Bros elements into an incredibly fresh adventure without making them seem stale or tacked on.
It is believed that having regular intercourse throughout the month will ensure that the sperm produced is not stale and that it is at its optimum level of quality and quantity.
The unit's oxygenator kicks in to convert ozone to oxygen, and the air revitalize freshens stale air by releasing negative ions.
Bionaire humidifiers can alleviate dry skin and itchy eyes and remove that stale air smell from your home.
If your holiday cookie recipes are a bit stale, there are many other homemade Christmas gift creations to try.
If you have cereal that is a bit stale, make cereal bars or muffins using the recipes on the Taste of Home website.
The odor of car fumes mingled with cigarette smoke and stale sweat stuck in my throat.
The smell of stale tobacco pervades all the public areas including the ' no smoking ' lounge area.
We have the testimony of two men of shrewd common sense and masculine understanding - Martial and Juvenal - to the stale and lifeless character of the art of the Silver Age, which sought to reproduce in the form of epics, tragedies and elegies the bright fancies of the Greek mythology.
A week ago she and Alex had been down to open some windows, but the house still smelled stale.
It is important that no more should be supplied at a time than is necessary, as most animals rapidly foul their food, and except in a few special cases, wild animals are peculiarly liable to the evil results of stale or putrid substances.