What is the meaning of Stale?

No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.

No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.

Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.

Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.

Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.

Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

No longer nubile or suitable for marriage; past one's prime.

Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.

Fallow, in reference to land.

Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.

To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.

To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).

A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)

One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.

One of the rungs on a ladder.

The stem of a plant.

The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.

A stalemate; a stalemated game.

An ambush.

A band of armed men or hunters.

The main force of an army.

At a standstill; stalemated.

To stalemate.

To be stalemated.

Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.

Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.

An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.

a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.

A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.

A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.

Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

To serve as a decoy, to lure.

cowshed

stable, stall

pigsty

urine

theft; the act of stealing

stealth

↑ Oxford English Dictionary. "Stale, n. 1".

An upright of a ladder.

A rung in a ladder; tier.

The posts and rungs composing a ladder.

A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)

A shoot of a plant.

a fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line

A stalemate; a stalemated game.

an ambush

a band of armed men or hunters

A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap

clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong

Stalemated in chess.

inflection of stalu:

1. nominative plural
2. accusative singular/plural
3. genitive/dative singular

nominative plural

accusative singular/plural

genitive/dative singular

always, persistently

constantly, continually

permanently, for good

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stal

constantly, continually

Source: wiktionary.org