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STABLE
static, stable, unchanging
(adjective) showing little if any change; “a static population”
stable
(adjective) maintaining equilibrium
stable
(adjective) not taking part readily in chemical change
stable
(adjective) firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; “the economy is stable”
stable
(adjective) resistant to change of position or condition; “a stable ladder”; “a stable peace”; “a stable relationship”; “stable prices”
stable, stalls, horse barn
(noun) a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
stable
(verb) shelter in a stable; “stable horses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
stable (plural stables)
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
(Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
(sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
Synonym: string
Synonyms
• (sumo organization): heya
Verb
stable (third-person singular simple present stables, present participle stabling, simple past and past participle stabled)
(transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.
(intransitive) to dwell in a stable.
(rail transport, transitive) to park (a rail vehicle).
Etymology 2
Adjective
stable (comparative more stable, superlative most stable)
Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
(computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
(computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
Synonyms
• (relatively unchanging): fixed, unvarying; see also steady
Antonyms
• instable
• mobile
• unstable
• varying
Anagrams
• Bestla, ablest, ablets, bastle, belast, blates, bleats, tables
Source: Wiktionary
Sta"ble, a. Etym: [OE. estable, F. stable, fr. L. stabilis, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i. and cf. Establish.]
1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government. In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is stable. Rogers.
2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character. And to her husband ever meek and stable. Chaucer.
3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position. Stable equibrium (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former position, as in the case when the center of gravity is below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to unstable equilibrium, in which the body if disturbed does not tend to return to its former position, but to move farther away from it, as in the case of a body supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf. Neutral equilibrium, under Neutral.
Syn.
– Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.
Sta"ble, v. t.
Definition: To fix; to establish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sta"ble, n. Etym: [OF. estable, F. Ă©table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, v. i.]
Definition: A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable. Milton. Stable fly (Zoöl.), a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files, unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.
Sta"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stabling.]
Definition: To put or keep in a stable.
Sta"ble, v. i.
Definition: To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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