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Stalled
- verb - cause an airplane to go into a stall
- cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
- come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
- deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
- experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
- postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
- put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
Stamped
- verb - affix a stamp to; "Are the letters properly stamped?"
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument; "stamp fruit extract the juice"
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die; "stamp needles"
- raise in a relief; "embossed stationery"
- reveal clearly as having a certain character; "His playing stamps him as a Romantic"
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something; "a man whose name is permanently stamped on our maps"
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"
- walk heavily; "The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots"
Stapled
- verb - secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"
Starred
- verb - be the star in a performance
- feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"
- mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences"
- marked with an asterisk; "the starred items"
Started
- verb - Began
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
- begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
- bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
- bulge outward; "His eyes popped"
- get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer"
- get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with
Starved
- verb - be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!"
- deprive of a necessity and cause suffering; "he is starving her of love"; "The engine was starved of fuel"
- deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
- die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
- extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- suffering from lack of food
Stashed
- verb - save up as for future use
Steamed
- verb - aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
- clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
- cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
- cooked in steam; "steamed clams"
- emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming"
- get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
- rise as vapor
- travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
Steeled
- verb - cover, plate, or edge with steel
- get ready for something difficult or unpleasant