Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stall
Participle: stalled
Gerund: stalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stall |
| you | stall |
| he;she;it | stalls |
| we | stall |
| you | stall |
| they | stall |
Perfect
| I | have stalled |
| you | have stalled |
| he;she;it | has stalled |
| we | have stalled |
| you | have stalled |
| they | have stalled |
Past
| I | stalled |
| you | stalled |
| he;she;it | stalled |
| we | stalled |
| you | stalled |
| they | stalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stalled |
| you | had stalled |
| he;she;it | had stalled |
| we | had stalled |
| you | had stalled |
| they | had stalled |
Future
| I | will stall |
| you | will stall |
| he;she;it | will stall |
| we | will stall |
| you | will stall |
| they | will stall |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stalled |
| you | will have stalled |
| he;she;it | will have stalled |
| we | will have stalled |
| you | will have stalled |
| they | will have stalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stall |
| you | stall |
| he;she;it | stall |
| we | stall |
| you | stall |
| they | stall |
Perfect
| I | have stalled |
| you | have stalled |
| he;she;it | have stalled |
| we | have stalled |
| you | have stalled |
| they | have stalled |
Imperfect
| I | stalled |
| you | stalled |
| he;she;it | stalled |
| we | stalled |
| you | stalled |
| they | stalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had stalled |
| you | had stalled |
| he;she;it | had stalled |
| we | had stalled |
| you | had stalled |
| they | had stalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stall |
| you | would stall |
| he;she;it | would stall |
| we | would stall |
| you | would stall |
| they | would stall |
Perfect
| I | would have stalled |
| you | would have stalled |
| he;she;it | would have stalled |
| we | would have stalled |
| you | would have stalled |
| they | would have stalled |
Imperative
| you | stall |
| we | Let's stall |
| you | stall |
Verbs conjugated like 'stall'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stall'
shall,
skall,
small,
spall,
stale,
stalk,
still,
ball,
betall,
call,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cease moving; to come to a stand or standstill
- anchor, astand, blin, brake, cease, draw up, grind to a halt, halt, hold, stay, stop
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.
Sample Sentences
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to stall an ox
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But Niſus hit the Turns with happier haſte,
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And thoughtleſs of his Friend, the Foreſt paſs'd:
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And Alban Plains, from Alba's Name ſo call'd,
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Where King Latinus then his Oxen ſtall'd. [1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 479, lines 523–526:]
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to stall cattle
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I must perforce
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Haue ſhewne to thee ſuch a declining day,
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Or looke on thine: we could not ſtall together
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In the whole world. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 364, column 2:]
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Deck'd in thy rights , as thou art stall'd in mine [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]
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This is not to be staled by my report,
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This only must be told: […] [1636 (first performance; published 1655), Philip Massinger, “The Bashful Lover”, in W[illiam] Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, […], volume IV, London: […] G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol; […] by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co. […], published 1805, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, page 427:]
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You haue diſcharg'd this honeſtlie, keepe it to your ſelfe, […] praie you leaue mee, ſtall this in your boſome, and I thanke you for your honeſt care: I will ſpeake with you further anon. [c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 233, column 2:]