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Stage
- noun - a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns; "we went out of town together by stage about ten or twelve miles"
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
- a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something; "All the world's a stage"--Shakespeare; "it set the stage for peacef
Stags
- noun - a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- adult male deer
- attend a dance or a party without a female companion
- give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Stagy
- adjective - having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality; "stagy heroics"
Staid
- adjective - characterized by dignity and propriety
Stail
- - A handle, as of a mop; a stale.
Stain
- noun - (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark stain"
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
- color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
- color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
- the state of being covered with unclean things
Stair
- noun - support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Stake
- noun - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
- a division of the Mormon Church
- a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
- a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
- instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
- kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
- mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
- Territorial division of the Mormon Church
- the money risked on a gamble
- tie or fasten to a stake
Stale
- adjective - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale"
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
- urinate, of cattle and horses
Stalk
- noun - a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- a stiff or threatening gait
- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
- go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- the act of following prey stealthily
- walk stiffly