1. [noun] (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
2. [noun] A stable; a place for cattle.
3. [noun] A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
4. [noun] (countable) A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
5. [noun] A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
6. [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.
7. [noun] (aeronautics) Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded.
8. [noun] (paganism and Heathenry) An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
9. [noun] A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
10. [noun] A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
11. [noun] A sheath to protect the finger.
12. [noun] (mining) The space left by excavation between pillars.
13. [noun] (Canadian) A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
14. [verb] (transitive) To put (an animal etc) in a stall.
15. [verb] To fatten.
16. [verb] (intransitive) To come to a standstill.
17. [verb] To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
18. [verb] (intransitive) (aeronautics) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift.
19. [verb] (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
20. [verb] (obsolete) To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
21. [verb] (obsolete) To be tired of eating, as cattle.
22. [verb] To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
23. [verb] To forestall; to anticipate.
24. [verb] To keep close; to keep secret.
25. [noun] An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
26. [verb] (transitive) To employ delaying tactics against.
27. [verb] (intransitive) To employ delaying tactics.
28. [noun] A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
29. [noun] Small area set off by walls for special use.
30. [noun] A booth where articles are displayed for sale.
31. [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'.
32. [noun] Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.
33. [noun] Small individual study area in a library.
34. [noun] A tactic used to mislead or delay.
35. [verb] Postpone doing what one should be doing; 'He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days'.
36. [verb] Come to a stop; 'The car stalled in the driveway'.
37. [verb] Deliberately delay an event or action; 'she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling'.
38. [verb] Put into, or keep in, a stall; 'Stall the horse'.
39. [verb] Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.
40. [verb] Cause an airplane to go into a stall.
41. [verb] Cause an engine to stop; 'The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car'.
