stall
noun
[ stɔːl ]
• a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area.
• "fruit and vegetable stalls"
• an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides.
• a 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.
• the seats on the ground floor in a theatre.
• "a stalls seat"
• an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling.
• "speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control"
stall
verb
• (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine.
• "her car stalled at the crossroads"
• stop or cause to stop making progress.
• "his career had stalled, hers taken off"
Similar:
obstruct,
impede,
interfere with,
hinder,
hamper,
block,
interrupt,
hold up,
hold back,
stand in the way of,
frustrate,
thwart,
balk,
inhibit,
hamstring,
sabotage,
encumber,
restrain,
slow,
slow down,
retard,
delay,
stonewall,
forestall,
arrest,
check,
stop,
halt,
stay,
derail,
restrict,
limit,
curb,
put a brake on,
bridle,
fetter,
shackle,
stymie,
bork,
trammel,
• put or keep (an animal) in a stall, especially in order to fatten it.
• "the horses were stalled at Upper Bolney Farm"
Origin:
Old English steall ‘stable or cattle shed’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stal, also to stand. Early senses of the verb included ‘reside, dwell’ and ‘bring to a halt’.
