5 letter words starting with sta

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• STABS
• STACK
• STADE
• STAFF
• STAGE
• STAGS
• STAGY
• STAID
• STAIG
• STAIN
• STAIR
• STAKE
• STALE
• STALK
• STALL
• STAMP
• STAND
• STANE
• STANG
• STANK
• STANS
• STAPH
• STAPS
• STARE
• STARK
• STARN
• STARR
• STARS
• START
• STARY
• STASH
• STATE
• STATS
• STATU
• STAUN
• STAVE
• STAWS
• STAYS

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Definition of stabs

stabs (noun)

1. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
2. A wound made by stabbing.
3. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
4. An attempt.
5. Criticism.
6. A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.
7. A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.

stabs (verb)

1. To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
2. To thrust in a stabbing motion.
3. To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
4. To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
5. To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
6. To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
7. To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

Definition of stale

stale (noun)

1. Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.

stale (verb)

1. (of alcohol) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
2. To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
3. To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
4. (alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.

stale (adjective)

1. (alcohol) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
2. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
3. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed, dated.
4. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
5. Fallow, in reference to land.
6. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
7. Taking a long time to change
8. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
9. Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
10. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.

stale (noun)

1. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
2. The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
3. The stem of a plant.
4. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.

stale (verb)

1. To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.

stale (noun)

1. A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
2. A stalemate; a stalemated game.
3. An ambush.
4. A band of armed men or hunters.
5. The main force of an army.

stale (verb)

1. To stalemate.
2. To be stalemated.

stale (adjective)

1. At a standstill; stalemated.

stale (noun)

1. (livestock) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.

stale (verb)

1. (livestock) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.

stale (noun)

1. A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
2. Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
3. An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
4. A partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
5. A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
6. A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
7. Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.

stale (verb)

1. To serve as a decoy, to lure.

Definition of stand

stand (noun)

1. The act of standing.
2. A defensive position or effort.
3. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
4. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
5. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
6. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
7. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
8. A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
9. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
10. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
11. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
12. The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
13. Grandstand. (often in the plural)
14. A partnership.
15. (plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
16. Rank; post; station; standing.
17. A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
18. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
19. A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
20. A location or position where one may stand.

stand (verb)

1. (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
2. (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
3. (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
4. Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
5. To remain without ruin or injury.
6. To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.