stable

1. 1

   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. 2

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

3. 3

   A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.Scotland

4. 4

   An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

5. 5

   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.
6. 6

   A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.slang

   • 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.
7. 7

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

8. 8

   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.

1. 1

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

   • "I hope your have been quite comfortable." ¶ "Never better stabled in my life," said Bree.
2. 2

   To dwell in a stable.intransitive

3. 3

   To park (a rail vehicle).transitive

   • 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.

1. 1

   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.
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

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

4. 4

   Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.

syn. unvarying

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