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| stool [ stool ] |
noun (plural stools) |
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1. simple seat: a simple seat with three or four legs and no back or armrests
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2. excrement: a piece of excrement
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3. toilet: a toilet or toilet seat
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4. botany plant base: the base of a plant, from which shoots or suckers sprout
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5. botany clump of shoots: a clump of shoots or suckers sprouting from the base of a plant
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6. U.S. hunting hunter's decoy: a real or artificial bird used by hunters as a decoy
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7. West Africa chief's throne: the throne of a tribal chief
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intransitive verb (past and past participle stooled, present participle stool·ing, 3rd person present singular stools) |
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1. sprout shoots: to sprout shoots or suckers from a stool
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2. U.S. evacuate bowels: to evacuate the bowels
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3. hunting be decoy or hunt with decoy: to be a decoy for a hunter of wildfowl, or to hunt wildfowl using decoys
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4. U.S. police be stool pigeon: to provide information to law enforcement agencies about criminals
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| [ Old English stōl "chair" < Indo-European, "to stand"] |
