Results for stable

Definitions of stable:

part of speech: adjective

That stands firm: firmly established: durable: firm in purpose or character: constant.

part of speech: adjective

Firmly established; fixed; durable; not fickle.

part of speech: noun

A stand or house for horses.

part of speech: adjective

Firm in purpose; steadfast; constant; firmly established; fixed; as, a stable government; having permanence.

part of speech: verb

To put into or keep in a stable; to dwell in a stable.

part of speech: adverb

Stably.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To dwell in a stable.

part of speech: verb transitive

To put or keep in a stable.

part of speech: noun

A building for horses and cattle.

part of speech: noun

Stableness.

part of speech: noun

A building for lodging horses, cows, etc.

part of speech: noun

Stability.

Usage examples for stable:

• It is that door next to the entrance to the stable yard. "The Hand of Ethelberta", Thomas Hardy

• No, Pat; I'll jist sit and have a smoke in the stable till it's time to go down to you. "The Macdermots of Ballycloran", Anthony Trollope

• Do you see that stable "Ovington's Bank", Stanley J. Weyman

• But the youth went down into the stable and asked Dapplegrim what she had done with herself. "The Red Fairy Book", Various