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Definition of stalemates:

(n) : (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
(n) : Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
(n) : (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
(v) : (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
(v) : (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
Definition of stalemates:

(n) : (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
(n) : Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
(n) : (figuratively, by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
(v) : (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
(v) : (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
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