stale
verbs
urinate, of cattle and horses
is a type of (narrower)
eliminate urine
"Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
adjectives
lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
"stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
is similar to
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
"bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
is similar to
having lost freshness through passage of time
"a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
is similar to
spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
"flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
is similar to
covered with or smelling of mold
"moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
is similar to
(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition
"rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
is similar to
having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
"dead and rotten in his grave"
is similar to
in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
"horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
see also
of long duration; not new
"old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
see also
not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual
"the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
"moth-eaten theories about race"; "stale news"
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