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stable

noun
/ˈsteɪ.bəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst.

  1. derived from stabulum
  2. derived from estable
  3. inherited from stable

Definitions

  1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and…

    A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

    • There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

  2. All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

  3. A set of advocates

    A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

    2. A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.

      • Paul, who signed with WWE in late June, appeared in a segment with Reigns' stable, the Bloodline, on Friday's episode of SmackDown after making comments earlier in the week regarding a potential match with the Tribal Chief.

    3. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

      • My pimp vision enabled me to see that no hoe in my stable would be more worthy of the game than my young turnout red-bones.

    4. A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or…

      A group of people who are looked after, mentored, considered or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.

    5. A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented

      A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.

      • This Article argues that to date, the Supreme Court has drawn from a narrow stable of arguments to create a fairly standard, yet coarse, analysis to consider when to apply proximate cause to statutes.

    6. To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

      • "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.

    7. To dwell in a stable.

    8. To park (a rail vehicle).

      • S.R. Pacific No. 34010 Sidmouth leaves Wembley Central to stable the stock of its excursion from the S.R. at North Wembley; the train was run in connection with a Wembley football event on April 30, 1960.
      • Great Western Railway has placed its Class 143 Pacer fleet into warm storage, with the majority stabled at Exeter.

    9. Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent

      Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

      • He was in a stable relationship.
      • His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.
      • a stable government

    10. Of software

      Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.

      • You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.

    11. That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.

    12. Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.

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Derived

Augean stables, boarding stable, close the stable door after the horse has been stolen, close the stable door after the horse has bolted, livery stable, lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen, lock the stable door after the horse has bolted, shelf-stable, shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, stable boy, stable fly, stableful, stable girl, stablehand, stablekeeper, stable lad, stableless, stablelike, stableman, stablemaster, stablemate, stable-stand, stable vice, stableward, stablewards, stablewoman, stableyard, outstable, acidostable, acid-stable, aerostable, antistable, astable, biostable, bistable, chemostable, cryostable, dorsostable, evolutionarily stable strategy, halostable · +35 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at stable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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