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S: (n) stall (stall%1:06:03::) (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)
S: (n) booth (booth%1:06:00::), cubicle (cubicle%1:06:00::), stall (stall%1:06:00::), kiosk (kiosk%1:06:00::) (small area set off by walls for special use)

S: (n) stall (stall%1:06:01::), stand (stand%1:06:05::), sales booth (sales_booth%1:06:00::) (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)
S: (n) stall (stall%1:11:00::) (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"
S: (n) stall (stall%1:06:04::) (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)
S: (n) carrel (carrel%1:06:00::), carrell (carrell%1:06:00::), cubicle (cubicle%1:06:01::), stall (stall%1:06:02::) (small individual study area in a library)
S: (n) stall (stall%1:04:00::), stalling (stalling%1:04:00::) (a tactic used to mislead or delay)

S: (v) procrastinate (procrastinate%2:42:00::), stall (stall%2:42:00::), drag one's feet (drag_one's_feet%2:42:00::), drag one's heels (drag_one's_heels%2:42:00::), shillyshally (shillyshally%2:42:02::), dilly-dally (dilly-dally%2:42:00::), dillydally (dillydally%2:42:00::) (postpone doing what one should be doing) "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
S: (v) stall (stall%2:38:00::), conk (conk%2:38:00::) (come to a stop) "The car stalled in the driveway"
S: (v) stall (stall%2:30:00::) (deliberately delay an event or action) "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
S: (v) stall (stall%2:41:00::) (put into, or keep in, a stall) "Stall the horse"
S: (v) stall (stall%2:38:04::) (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)
S: (v) stall (stall%2:38:02::) (cause an airplane to go into a stall)
S: (v) stall (stall%2:38:01::) (cause an engine to stop) "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"