Noun

• S: (n) stall (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)
• S: (n) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk (small area set off by walls for special use)
• S: (n) stall, stand, sales booth (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)
• S: (n) 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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) stall (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)
• S: (n) carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall (small individual study area in a library)
• S: (n) stall, stalling (a tactic used to mislead or delay)

Verb

• S: (v) 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"
• S: (v) stall, conk (come to a stop) "The car stalled in the driveway"
• S: (v) stall (deliberately delay an event or action) "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
• S: (v) stall (put into, or keep in, a stall) "Stall the horse"
• S: (v) stall (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)
• S: (v) stall (cause an airplane to go into a stall)
• S: (v) stall (cause an engine to stop) "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"