stall

Postpone doing what one should be doing.

Cause an engine to stop.

“The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car”

Deliberately delay an event or action.

“she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling”

Experience a stall in flight, of airplanes.

Put into, or keep in, a stall.

Come to a stop.

“The car stalled in the driveway”

Cause an airplane to go into a stall.

Seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater.

Small individual study area in a library.

A booth where articles are displayed for sale.

Small area set off by walls for special use.

A tactic used to mislead or delay.

A compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed.

A malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge.

“the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it”