Analysis Complete

stale

/ stale /
verb/adjective

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
urinate, of cattle and horses
Type of:
make urinate piddle
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
adjective Sense 2
showing deterioration from age
"stale bread"
Similar:
addled bad spoiled spoilt cold day-old flyblown maggoty
Opposites:
fresh
See also:
old unoriginal
adjective satellite Sense 3
no longer new; uninteresting
"cold (or stale) news"
Similar:
old
adjective satellite Sense 4
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"
Similar:
unoriginal
Semantic Complexity
45%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
10
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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make urinate piddle addled bad spoiled spoilt cold day-old flyblown maggoty fresh