Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stall

7 senses of stall

Sense 1
stall -- (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)
       => compartment -- (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)

Sense 2
booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk -- (small area set off by walls for special use)
       => closet -- (a small private room for study or prayer)

Sense 3
stall, stand, sales booth -- (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)
       => booth -- (a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment)

Sense 4
stall -- (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")
       => malfunction -- (a failure to function normally)

Sense 5
stall -- (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)
       => seating, seats, seating room, seating area -- (an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom")

Sense 6
carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall -- (small individual study area in a library)
       => alcove, bay -- (a small recess opening off a larger room)

Sense 7
stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay)
       => obstruction -- (the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stall

7 senses of stall

Sense 1
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")
       => delay -- (act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered")

Sense 2
stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway")
       => stop, halt -- (come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window")

Sense 3
stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")
       => delay, detain, hold up -- (cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform")

Sense 4
stall -- (put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse")
       => shelter -- (provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people")

Sense 5
stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)
       => stop, halt -- (come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window")

Sense 6
stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall)
       => stop -- (cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief")

Sense 7
stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")
       => stop -- (cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief")