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stalling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stall Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stall Entailment of verb stall Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb stall 7 senses of stall Sense 1 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay Sense 2 stall, conk => stop, halt Sense 3 stall => delay, detain, hold up Sense 4 stall => shelter Sense 5 stall => stop, halt Sense 6 stall => stop Sense 7 stall => stop Familiarity of verb stall stall used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stall Sense 1 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay -------------- Sense 2 stall, conk => stop, halt -------------- Sense 3 stall => delay, detain, hold up -------------- Sense 4 stall => shelter -------------- Sense 5 stall => stop, halt -------------- Sense 6 stall => stop -------------- Sense 7 stall => stop -------------- Grep of noun stalling forestalling installing stalling Overview of noun stalling The noun stalling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay) Overview of verb stall The verb stall has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days") 2. (1) stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway") 3. (1) stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling") 4. stall -- (put into or keep in a stall) 5. stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes) 6. stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall) 7. stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car") Overview of noun stalling The noun stalling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay) Overview of verb stall The verb stall has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days") 2. (1) stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway") 3. (1) stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling") 4. stall -- (put into or keep in a stall) 5. stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes) 6. stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall) 7. stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")
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