What is the meaning of stall?

noun

• A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.
• Small area set off by walls for special use.
  • synonyms: booth, cubicle, kiosk
• A booth where articles are displayed for sale.
  • synonyms: stand, sales booth
• A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge.
  • usage: "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
• Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.
• Small individual study area in a library.
  • synonyms: carrel, carrell, cubicle
• A tactic used to mislead or delay.
  • synonyms: stalling

verb

• Postpone doing what one should be doing.
  • usage: "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
  • synonyms: procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
• Come to a stop.
  • usage: "The car stalled in the driveway"
  • synonyms: conk
• Deliberately delay an event or action.
  • usage: "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
• Put into, or keep in, a stall.
  • usage: "Stall the horse"
• Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.
• Cause an airplane to go into a stall.
• Cause an engine to stop.
  • usage: "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"