Definition: a tactic used to mislead or delay
Synonyms: booth, stall, kiosk, cubicle
Definition: small area set off by walls for special use
Similar words: closet
Definition: a small private room for study or prayer
Synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall
Definition: small individual study area in a library
Synonyms: stall, stand, sales booth
Definition: a booth where articles are displayed for sale
Similar words: booth
Definition: a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment
Synonyms: stall
Definition: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
Similar words: compartment
Definition: a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
Synonyms: stall
Definition: seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
Similar words: seating, seating area, seating room, seats
Definition: an area that includes places where several people can sit
Usage: there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
Synonyms: stall
Definition: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
Usage: the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it
Similar words: malfunction
Definition: a failure to function normally
Synonyms: stall
Definition: deliberately delay an event or action
Usage: she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
Similar words: delay, detain, hold up
Definition: cause to be slowed down or delayed
Usage: Traffic was delayed by the bad weather; she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
Definition: come to a stop
Usage: The car stalled in the driveway
Definition: come to a halt, stop moving
Usage: the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
Synonyms: stall
Definition: cause an engine to stop
Usage: The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car
Synonyms: stall
Definition: cause an airplane to go into a stall
Synonyms: stall
Definition: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
Definition: come to a halt, stop moving
Usage: the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
Synonyms: stall
Definition: put into, or keep in, a stall
Usage: Stall the horse
Similar words: shelter
Definition: provide shelter for
Usage: After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people
Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, stall, procrastinate
Definition: postpone doing what one should be doing
Usage: He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days
Similar words: delay
Definition: act later than planned, scheduled, or required
Usage: Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered