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(verb) deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesnt' want to write the report, so she is stalling" |
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Related Words: delay, detain, hold up |
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(noun) a tactic used to mislead or delay |
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Synonyms: stalling |
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Related Words: obstruction, stonewalling |
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(verb) come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" |
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Synonyms: conk |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(verb) cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car" |
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Related Words: stop |
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(verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall |
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Related Words: stop |
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(verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes |
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Related Words: halt, stop |
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(verb) put into, or keep in, a stall |
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Related Words: bield, shelter |
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(noun) a place where articles are displayed for sale |
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Synonyms: sales booth, stand |
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Related Words: coffee stall, newsstand, shop, store |
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(noun) a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed |
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Related Words: compartment |
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: malfunction |
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(verb) postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
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Synonyms: dilly-dally, drag one's feet, procrastinate |
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Related Words: delay |
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(noun) small area set off by walls for special use |
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Synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk |
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Related Words: call box, closet, confessional, phone booth, polling booth, prompt box, prompter's box, shower bath, shower stall, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk, tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse, voting booth |
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(noun) small individual study area in a library |
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Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle |
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Related Words: alcove, bay |
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