Usually means: Temporary cessation of progress, function.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. stall: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. stall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stall, stall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stall: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stall: Vocabulary.com
  6. Stall, stall: Wordnik
  7. stall: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. stall: Wiktionary
  9. stall: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. stall: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. stall: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. stall: Dictionary.com
  13. stall (n.1), stall (n.2), stall (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. stall: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Stall (aerodynamic), Stall (aerodynamics), Stall (aircraft), Stall (aviation), Stall (engine), Stall (flight), Stall (fluid dynamics), Stall (fluid mechanics), Stall (livestock), Stall, The Stall (Seinfeld), The Stall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Stall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. stall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. stall: Rhymezone
  19. Stall (m), stall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. stall: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. stall: Free Dictionary
  22. stall: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. stall: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Stall (disambiguation), stall: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stall (disambiguation), stall: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Stall (disambiguation), stall: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stall: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stall, stall, stall, stall, stall, stall, stall, stall: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Stall: Skydiving Glossary
  2. Stall: Sports Definitions

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. stall: Chapters in the Sky
  3. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  4. Stall: Latitude Mexico

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noun:  (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
noun:  A stable; a place for cattle.
noun:  A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
noun:  (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
noun:  A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (Germanic paganism) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
noun:  A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
noun:  A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
noun:  A sheath to protect the finger.
noun:  (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
noun:  (Canada) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
verb:  (transitive) To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
verb:  To fatten.
verb:  (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
verb:  To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
verb:  To forestall; to anticipate.
verb:  To keep close; to keep secret.
noun:  An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
noun:  (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
verb:  (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
verb:  (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
verb:  (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
verb:  (intransitive, aviation) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
verb:  (transitive, aviation) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
verb:  To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
verb:  (intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.
verb:  (transitive, automotive) To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
verb:  (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
verb:  (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.

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