Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer.

Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.

Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.

To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.

A taste fault that gives the coffee brew an unpleasant taste. Result of moisture and oxygen penetrating the bean fiber and adversely affecting the organic material that remains in the coffee bean, occurring in the staling process after roasting.

Coffee that has been exposed to oxygen for too long becomes flat and tastes of cardboard.

A description of coffee exposed to oxygen for too long that becomes flat with a cardboard taste.

Faded aroma and "dead" flavor caused by excessive age and the subsequent lack of quality.

To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.

Urine, esp. that of beasts.

A stalking-horse.

urinate, of cattle and horses

Not new; not freshly made; as, stale bread.

A period when an animal does not work or lactate at the normal standards, as opposed to bloom. Also refers to milk products that have deteriorated in storage.

showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"