"stalled" in the verb sense

1. procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally

postpone doing what one should be doing

"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

2. stall, conk

come to a stop

"The car stalled in the driveway"

3. stall

deliberately delay an event or action

"she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"

4. stall

put into, or keep in, a stall

"Stall the horse"

5. stall

experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

6. stall

cause an airplane to go into a stall

7. stall

cause an engine to stop

"The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

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