stale
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
urinate, of cattle and horses
Types & categories
Sense 2 adjective
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
stale bread
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Sense 3 adjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
moth-eaten theories about race
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pee |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | old |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unoriginal |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fresh |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | addled |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | spoilt |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | cold |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | day-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hard |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | flyblown |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | limp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | musty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rancid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rotten |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tainted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | putrid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | putrescent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | staleness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unoriginal |