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STALLING
- stabling (accommodation for animals) [n -S]
- STALL, to stop the progress of [v]
- (of a motor vehicle or its engine) Stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine
- (of an aircraft or its pilot) Reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls
- Have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion
- Cause (an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat) to stall
- (of a situation or process) Stop making progress
- Delay, obstruct, or block the progress of (something)
- Speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with a question or issue; prevaricate
- Delay or divert (someone) by acting in such a way
- Put or keep (an animal) in a stall, esp. in order to fatten it