To put or keep in a stable, as horses.

To dwell or lodge in or as in a stable, as beasts.

Firm; firmly fixed, settled, or established; that cannot be easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; steadfast: as, a stable structure; a stable government.

Fixed; steady; constant; permanent.

Fixed or firm in resolution or purpose; not wavering, fickle, or easily diverted: as, a man of stable character; also formerly, in a bad sense, obstinate; pertinacious.

Synonyms and

Durable, Permanent, etc. See lasting.

noun. A building or an inclosure in which horses, cattle, and other domestic animals are lodged, and which is furnished with stalls, troughs, racks, and bins to contain their food and necessary equipments; in a restricted sense, such a building for horses and cows only; in a still narrower and now the most usual sense, such a building for horses only.

noun. In racing slang, the horses belonging to a particular racing stable.

In physical, being in equilibrium such that no displacement, distortion, or molecular or chemical change can be produced without the expenditure of work: said of a body which, when displaced, tends to return to its former position, or, when distorted, to its former shape, also of a substance which resists molecular or chemical change.

To make stable; establish; ordain.

To make steady, firm, or sure; support.

To fix or hold fast, as in mire; mire; stall.

To stand firm; be confirmed.

intransitive verb. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

transitive verb. To put or keep in a stable.

transitive verb. To fix; to establish.

adjective. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed.

adjective. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering.

adjective. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm

adjective. So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.

adjective. 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.

noun. A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses

noun. a common dipterous fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) which is abundant about stables and often enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the larger horse fly.

noun. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses

noun. all the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

verb. to put or keep (horse) in a stable.

verb. to park (a rail vehicle)

adjective. Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established, consistent, not easily to be moved, changed, unbalanced, destroyed or altered in value.

adjective. not taking part readily in chemical change

verb. shelter in a stable

adjective. resistant to change of position or condition

noun. a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

adjective. maintaining equilibrium

adjective. showing little if any change

adjective. firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation