Related Words for go stale

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accompany
x/xx
Verb
addled
/x
Adjective
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
agency
/xx
Noun
altered
/x
Adjective, Noun
an
/
Noun
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
antiquated
/xxx
Adjective
antique
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
archaic
x/x
Adjective, Name
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
ascend
x/
Verb
automobile
/xxx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
barony
/xx
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
beep
/
Noun, Verb
beer
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
billow
/x
Noun, Verb
birr
/
Noun, Verb
bland
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blare
/
Noun, Verb
blend
/
Noun, Verb
blend in
/x
Phrase, Verb
bloc
/
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
borough
/x
Noun
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bread
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
bubble
/x
Noun, Verb
bureau
/x
Noun
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
buttery
/xx
Noun, Adjective
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buy it
//
Phrase, Verb
buy the farm
/x/
Phrase, Verb
buzz
/
Noun, Verb
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
can
/
Verb, Noun
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
centralized
/xx
Adjective
change
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chewy
/x
Noun, Adjective
chime
/
Noun, Verb
chink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
chips
/
Noun
choke
/
Verb, Noun
chug
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circulate
/xx
Verb
clang
/
Noun, Verb
clank
/
Noun, Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
clink
/
Noun, Verb
clop
/
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
clunk
/
Noun, Verb
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
collection
x/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
commissariat
/xxx/
Noun
commonwealth
/xx
Noun
commune
/x
Noun, Verb
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
conceived
x/
Verb
conk out
//
Phrase, Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
corporation
xx/x
Noun
counting
/x
Noun
county
/x
Noun, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cracker
/x
Noun
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crawl
/
Verb, Noun
creep
/
Verb, Noun
croak
/
Noun, Verb
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
defective
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
delicious
x/x
Adjective
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
department
x/x
Noun
deprecated
/xxx
Adjective
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
din
/
Noun, Verb
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
distribution
xx/x
Noun
district
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drag out
//
Phrase, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drone
/
Noun, Verb
drown
/
Verb, Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
echo
/x
Noun, Verb
embark
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
err
/
Verb
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expire
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
faded
/x
Adjective
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
fishy
/x
Adjective
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
flavored
/x
Adjective
flavoured
/x
Adjective
flawed
/
Adjective
fling
/
Verb, Noun
float
/
Noun, Verb
flock
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
food
/
Noun
foreign
/x
Adjective, Name
forge
/
Verb, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
fresh
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
function
/x
Noun, Verb
funding
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get along
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
get going
//x
Phrase, Verb
get off the ground
//x/
Phrase, Verb
getter
/x
Noun, Verb
ghost
/
Noun, Verb
give out
//
Phrase, Verb
give way
//
Phrase, Verb
glide
/
Verb, Noun
gone
/
Adjective
green
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
grow into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
grumble
/x
Verb, Noun
gurgle
/x
Noun, Verb
hackneyed
/x
Adjective
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hasten
/x
Verb, Noun
hie
/
Verb
hiss
/
Noun, Verb
hold out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
honk
/
Noun, Verb
hum
/
Noun, Verb
hurry
/x
Noun, Verb
insipid
x/x
Adjective
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
kick the bucket
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
know
/
Verb, Noun
lance
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lead
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
leave
/
Verb, Noun
leftover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
legacy
/xx
Noun, Adjective
levy
/x
Noun, Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
limp
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
live on
//
Phrase, Verb
live out
//
Phrase, Verb
local
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lurch
/
Noun, Verb
make noise
//
Phrase, Verb
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
malfunction
x/x
Noun, Verb
maneuver
x/x
Noun, Verb
manoeuvre
x/
Noun, Verb
march on
//
Name, Verb
mate
/
Noun, Verb
me
/
Noun
meander
x/x
Noun, Verb
mold
/
Noun, Verb
moldy
/x
Adjective
mouldy
/x
Adjective
move
/
Verb, Noun
move on
//
Phrase, Verb
musty
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
nauseating
/xxx
Adjective
navigate
/xx
Verb
noise
/
Noun, Verb
none
/
Noun, Adverb
nutty
/x
Adjective
obsolete
xx/
Adjective, Verb
offer
/x
Verb, Noun
old
/
Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
outdated
/xx
Adjective
outmoded
x/x
Adjective
pace
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pan
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pass
/
Verb, Noun
pass away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pass by
//
Phrase, Verb
pass on
//
Phrase, Verb
pass over
//x
Phrase, Verb
passe
x/
Adjective, Verb
patter
/x
Noun, Verb
pay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
peal
/
Noun, Verb
perish
/x
Verb
ping
/
Noun, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
play
/
Verb, Noun
plough
/
Noun, Verb
plow
/
Noun, Verb
plump
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
pop
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pop off
//
Phrase, Verb
precede
x/
Verb, Noun
preserved
x/
Adjective
proceed
x/
Verb
progress
/x
Noun, Verb
propagate
/xx
Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
pull away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pungent
/x
Adjective
purr
/
Noun, Verb
pursue
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
put
/
Verb, Noun
putrid
/x
Adjective
race
/
Noun, Verb
radiate
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
raft
/
Noun, Verb
ramble
/x
Noun, Verb
rancid
/x
Adjective
range
/
Noun, Verb
rap
/
Noun, Verb
rattle
/x
Noun, Verb
ray
/
Noun, Verb
recede
x/
Verb
repair to
x//
Phrase
resonate
/xx
Verb
resort to
x//
Phrase
resound
x/
Verb, Noun
retire
x/
Verb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrograde
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
return
x/
Noun, Verb
reverberate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
ride
/
Noun, Verb
rifle
/x
Noun, Verb
ring
/
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
ripple
/x
Noun, Verb
rise
/
Noun, Verb
roam
/
Verb, Noun
roll
/
Noun, Verb
rotten
/x
Adjective, Adverb
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rove
/
Noun, Verb
ruff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rumble
/x
Noun, Verb
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
run short
//
Phrase, Verb
rush
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rustle
/x
Noun, Verb
saline
x/
Noun, Adjective
salty
/x
Adjective
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
scramble
/x
Noun, Verb
seek
/
Verb, Noun
sell
/
Verb, Noun
serve
/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
settle
/x
Verb, Noun
shack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shetland
/x
Name
shove off
//
Phrase, Verb
shuttle
/x
Noun, Verb
sift
/
Verb, Noun
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sing
/
Verb, Noun
sit
/
Verb, Noun
ski
/
Noun, Verb
slide
/
Noun, Verb
slither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
slush
/
Noun, Verb
smell
/
Noun, Verb
snap
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
snarl
/
Noun, Verb
sober
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
sober up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
sound
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
soured
/x
Adjective
speed
/
Noun, Verb
spell
/
Noun, Verb
spiced
/
Adjective
spicy
/x
Adjective
splash
/
Noun, Verb
splat
/
Noun, Verb
spoiled
/
Adjective
spread
/
Verb, Noun
spurt
/
Noun, Verb
squelch
/
Verb, Noun
stagger
/x
Verb, Noun
stalemate
/x
Noun, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
starve
/
Verb
state
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
steam
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
step
/
Noun, Verb
stop
/
Verb, Noun
stray
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
substitution
xx/x
Noun
succumb
x/
Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
surpass
x/
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
swan
/
Noun, Verb
swim
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
swish
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
take
/
Verb, Noun
take effect
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
tap
/
Verb, Noun
tasting
/x
Noun
tasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
taxi
/x
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
think
/
Verb, Noun
thread
/
Noun, Verb
thrum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
thud
/
Noun, Verb
thump
/
Noun, Verb
tick
/
Noun, Verb
ting
/
Noun, Verb
tink
/
Noun, Verb
tinkle
/x
Noun, Verb
tired
/x
Adjective
to
/
Adverb, Noun
tomorrow
x/x
Noun, Adverb
tool
/
Noun, Verb
toot
/
Noun, Verb
tour
/
Noun, Verb
trail
/
Noun, Verb
transfer
x/
Noun, Verb
travel
/x
Noun, Verb
tread
/
Verb, Noun
trite
/
Adjective, Noun
trudge
/
Verb, Noun
trump
/
Name, Verb
trundle
/x
Noun, Verb
try
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
turn
/
Verb, Noun
twang
/
Noun, Verb
university
xx/xx
Name
vagabond
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
vapid
/x
Adjective
venture
/x
Noun, Verb
vitiated
/xxx
Adjective
waft
/
Noun, Verb
walk
/
Verb, Noun
wander
/x
Verb, Noun
wash
/
Verb, Noun
weave
/
Verb, Noun
wend
/
Noun, Verb
wheel
/
Noun, Verb
whine
/
Noun, Verb
whir
/
Noun, Verb
whirl
/
Noun, Verb
whisk
/
Verb, Noun
whistle
/x
Noun, Verb
whiz
/
Noun, Verb
whoosh
/
Noun, Verb
wilted
/x
Adjective
wind
/
Noun, Verb
wing
/
Noun, Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
wooing
/x
Noun
work
/
Noun, Verb
yield
/
Noun, Verb
zip
/
Noun, Verb
zoom
/
Noun, Verb