: a compartment for a domestic animal in a stable or barn. : a seat in the chancel of a church with back and sides wholly or partly enclosed. : the condition of an airfoil or aircraft in which …

if a process or system stalls or something stalls it, it suddenly stops developing or making progress: Japan's economic growth has stalled. Contract negotiations between management …

A stall is a large table on which you put goods that you want to sell, or information that you want to give people. ...market stalls selling local fruits. The stalls in a theatre or concert hall are the seats on the ground floor directly in front of the stage.

To put or lodge in a stall. 2. To maintain in a stall for fattening: to stall cattle. 3. To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill. 4. To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running. 5. To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall. 1. To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal. 2. To stick fast in mud or snow.

Synonyms for STALLS: stops, halts, catches, blocks, arrests, checks, stays, brings up; Antonyms of STALLS: continues, persists, keeps (on), moves, proceeds, runs on, keeps up, carries on

to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car. to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle. to cause (a motor or the vehicle it powers) to stop, especially by supplying it with a …

Stopping too quickly can stall the engine. The airspeed got very low and the plane nearly stalled. The pilot almost stalled the airplane. They stalled the horses for the night. The airplane went into a stall. Please stop stalling and answer the question. Try to stall them until I get the place cleaned up. The economic recovery has stalled.

Stall means to stop or delay. If your car stalls, it comes to a stop. When you want a horse to stop, you put him in a stall, or small enclosure inside a barn.

STALL definition: 1. a small shop with an open front or a table from which goods are sold: 2. a small area in a room…. Learn more.

Stalls (theatre), the ground floor seats in a theatre/cinema (closer to or directly in front of the stage)