See Also: anti-g(dictionary)
anti-(medicine)
Anti-RNP(health)
anti(dictionary)
anti-(dictionary)
anti-G(medicine)
anti-HBc(medicine)
anti-HBe(medicine)
anti-HBs(medicine)
anti-S(medicine)

stale (oh) and anti- (oh)


stale (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from Old French estale 'standing still, settled', from estal 'standing place']
bread or cake that is stale is no longer fresh or good to eat
-opposite fresh fresh
::French bread goes stale (=becomes stale) very quickly.
::stale cake
air that is stale is not fresh or pleasant
-opposite fresh fresh
::the smell of stale smoke
not interesting or exciting any more
::stale jokes
::Other marriages might go stale , but not theirs.
if you get stale, you have no new ideas, interest, or energy, because you have been doing the same thing for too long
::If you stay in the job for more than 10 years, you get stale .
::He was becoming stale and running out of ideas.
-- staleness n [U]

anti- (oh)



[Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, from Greek, from anti 'opposite, against']
opposed to
-opposite pro- pro-
::antinuclear (=opposing the use ofnuclear weapons and power)
::anti-American
the opposite of something
::anticlimax (=an unexciting ending instead of the expected exciting ending)
::antimatter (=material completely opposite in kind to the ordinary material in the universe)
acting to prevent something
::antifreeze (=a liquid added to a car's engine to prevent freezing)
::antiseptic (=a liquid that kills harmful bacteria)