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stall

გამოთქმა: /stɔːl/

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Universal
  • 1a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area:fruit and vegetable stalls
  • 2an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides.
  • a stable or cowshed.
  • North American a marked-out parking space for a vehicle: a parking stall
  • (also starting stall) a cage-like compartment in which a horse is held immediately prior to the start of a race.
  • a compartment for one person in a set of toilets, shower cubicles, etc..
  • 3a fixed seat in the choir or chancel of a church, enclosed at the back and sides and often canopied, typically reserved for a particular member of the clergy.
  • 4 (stalls) British the seats on the ground floor in a theatre: [as modifier]:a stalls seat
  • 5an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling: speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [no object] (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine:her car stalled at the crossroads
  • (of an aircraft) stop flying and begin to fall because the speed is too low or the angle of attack too large to maintain adequate lift.
  • Sailing have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion.
  • [with object] cause to stall.
  • 2stop or cause to stop making progress: [no object]:his career had stalled, hers taken off [with object]:the government has stalled the much-needed project
  • 3 [no object] speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with something; prevaricate:she was stalling for time
  • [with object] delay or divert (someone) by prevarication:stall him until I’ve had time to take a look
  • 4 [with object] put or keep (an animal) in a stall, especially in order to fatten it: the horses were stalled at Upper Bolney Farm

set out one's stall

British display or assert one’s abilities or position:he has set out his stall as a strong supporter of free trade

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