to stale
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3.2
- verb
- /steɪl/
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ponerse rancio
- He said he thought a week's gap would stale the comparison.
Examples
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Well, it's it's food stales, so I'm gonna check these out.
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I can see that your happiness has begun to stale already.
Fiction book (1998) -
Bread: Cut it into cubes and let it stale on the counter, put it in a paper bag.
Blog text (18) -
What happens is that time stales the freshness of suffering and makes it no longer palatable.
Fiction book (1996) -
And you, as well as I, know... ...that as the years decline and the memories stale... ...and all your great victories fade... ...it will always be remembered, you left your king in Asia!
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That stales and stagnates the market, hence why so many folks are seeking out other gaming options like mobile and PC.
Blog text (19) -
And we bring all of these pieces together and engineer new foods that don't stale in the refrigerator, don't develop rancidity.
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His ideas about the project began to stale after weeks without any new developments.
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When we don't refresh our content, it can quickly stale and lose its appeal to the audience.
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The once vibrant discussion in the group started to stale, leading to a lack of engagement.
Synonyms
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5.8
To become boring or annoying after you hear it many times
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7.2
To stop being interesting or enjoyable
Antonyms
Idioms
- Slur
A group that mostly has older white men and lacks diversity and new ideas
Compounds
How Fresh
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stale as a verb comes from the same idea: when food or a joke stays too long it loses freshness, so to stale something is to make it 'no longer fresh' or less interesting.