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I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwriting is concerned because love songs are so banal, and my experience with love is anything but that.
J. Tillman

Meaning of "stag" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAG

Old English stagga (unattested); related to Old Norse steggr male bird.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STAG

stag  [stæɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stag is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stag in English.



The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES STAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stag

Deer

Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the family include white-tailed deer, mule deer such as black-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer, pudú and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope, which are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance. The musk deer of Asia and water chevrotain of tropical African and Asian forests are not usually regarded as true deer and form their own families: Moschidae and Tragulidae, respectively.

Definition of stag in the English dictionary

The first definition of stag in the dictionary is the adult male of a deer, esp a red deer. Other definition of stag is a man unaccompanied by a woman at a social gathering. Stag is also a speculator who applies for shares in a new issue in anticipation of a rise in price when trading commences in order to make a quick profit on resale.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STAG

PRESENT

Present
I stag
you stag
he/she/it stags
we stag
you stag
they stag
Present continuous
I am stagging
you are stagging
he/she/it is stagging
we are stagging
you are stagging
they are stagging
Present perfect
I have stagged
you have stagged
he/she/it has stagged
we have stagged
you have stagged
they have stagged
Present perfect continuous
I have been stagging
you have been stagging
he/she/it has been stagging
we have been stagging
you have been stagging
they have been stagging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stagged
you stagged
he/she/it stagged
we stagged
you stagged
they stagged
Past continuous
I was stagging
you were stagging
he/she/it was stagging
we were stagging
you were stagging
they were stagging
Past perfect
I had stagged
you had stagged
he/she/it had stagged
we had stagged
you had stagged
they had stagged
Past perfect continuous
I had been stagging
you had been stagging
he/she/it had been stagging
we had been stagging
you had been stagging
they had been stagging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will stag
you will stag
he/she/it will stag
we will stag
you will stag
they will stag
Future continuous
I will be stagging
you will be stagging
he/she/it will be stagging
we will be stagging
you will be stagging
they will be stagging
Future perfect
I will have stagged
you will have stagged
he/she/it will have stagged
we will have stagged
you will have stagged
they will have stagged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stagging
you will have been stagging
he/she/it will have been stagging
we will have been stagging
you will have been stagging
they will have been stagging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stag
you would stag
he/she/it would stag
we would stag
you would stag
they would stag
Conditional continuous
I would be stagging
you would be stagging
he/she/it would be stagging
we would be stagging
you would be stagging
they would be stagging
Conditional perfect
I would have stag
you would have stag
he/she/it would have stag
we would have stag
you would have stag
they would have stag
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stagging
you would have been stagging
he/she/it would have been stagging
we would have been stagging
you would have been stagging
they would have been stagging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you stag
we let´s stag
you stag
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to stag
Past participle
stagged
Present Participle
stagging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAG


bashtag
ˈbæʃˌtæɡ
hangtag
ˈhæŋˌtæɡ
hashtag
ˈhæʃˌtæɡ
metatag
ˈmɛtəˌtæɡ
nametag
ˈneɪmˌtæɡ
ragtag
ˈræɡˌtæɡ
retag
ˌriːˈtæɡ
Sontag
ˈsɒntæɡ
tag
tæɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAG

stag beetle
stag hunt
stag hunting
stag night
stag party
stag´s horn
stage
stage business
stage designer
stage direction
stage director
stage door
stage effect
stage fright
stage left
stage manager
stage name
stage play
stage production

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAG

Bundestag
dog tag
electronic tag
Freytag
identification tag
Landtag
meta tag
price tag
question tag
Reichstag
royal stag
treasury tag

Synonyms and antonyms of stag in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stag» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAG

Find out the translation of stag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stag» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成年雄鹿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ciervo
570 millions of speakers

English

stag
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हरिण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

олень
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cervo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হরিণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cerf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stag
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hirsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

雄鹿
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수사슴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stag
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்டாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टॅग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erkeklere özel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cervo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jeleń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

олень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cerb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελάφι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

takbok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stag

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAG»

The term «stag» is very widely used and occupies the 15.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAG» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stag» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stag» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stag

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «STAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stag.
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Matthew Gray Gubler
I really cite Walt Disney as teaching me everything I know. It sounds crazy, but I'm serious! In 'Bambi,' the mother dies, but you don't see the corpse. You see the father, the stag, come up and you see 'Bambi' alone, and that has so much more impact than seeing a mutilated deer.
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Georg Solti
The stag tells him that he is the eldest of the sons - the father's favorite - and he warns the father that if he tries to shoot any of the stags, their antlers will tear him to pieces.
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J. Tillman
I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwriting is concerned because love songs are so banal, and my experience with love is anything but that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAG»

Discover the use of stag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Stag Hunt and the Evolution of Social Structure
Brian Skyrms focuses on three factors that affect the emergence of such structure and the facilitation of collective action: location (interactions with neighbors), signals (transmission of information), and association (the formation of ...
Brian Skyrms, 2004
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Stag
The break-up hits Rob hard, but at least he can look forward to the weekend. One of his best mates is getting married, and the stag night will be a chance to get away from it all and relive his student days.
Tim Relf, 2004
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Red Stag: A Novel
As the novel opens, Vincent has just returned from his last year of boarding school for the summer, when his uncle, the estate's gamekeeper, is brutally murdered.
Guy De La Valdene, 2003
4
Stag's Leap
A poignant sequence of poems traces the evolution of a divorce while exploring themes of love, sex, sorrow, memory and freedom as reflected by everyday familiarities and the poignancy of former lovers parting, in a collection by the ...
Sharon Olds, 2012
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The Wounded Stag
William Johnston writes that the Christian mystic is one who lives in the Christ-mystery and is transformed by it.Making the distinction between Christian mysticism and other mystic experiences, Johnston locates Christian mysticism in the ...
William Johnston, 1998
6
Triumph Stag 1970-1977: The Essential Buyer's Guide
This invaluable book examines the model's evolution, features, fittings, performance and typical problem areas through detailed text and colour photographs of both restored and original examples.
Norm Mort, Tony Fox, 2010
7
The Stag of Love: The Chase in Medieval Literature
In English literature, Thiébaux considers Beowulf, Aefric's Life of Saint Eustace, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the works of Chaucer.
Marcelle Thiébaux, 2014
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Benjamin West and The Death of the Stag: The Story Behind ...
Benjamin West's The Death of a Stag, a tour de force of pictorial theatre and his own unique Scottish masterpiece, has been the focus of high drama for over two centuries.
Timothy Clifford, Michael Gallagher, Helen Smailes, 2009
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A Stag in the Bag
A story using rhyming words that end in -ag.
Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, 2010
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
The. Cheviot,. the. Stag. and. the. Black,. Black. Oil. Strathoykel, Sutherland. ' When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted “Better to die here than America or the Cape ...
John McGrath, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stag is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stag Arms Raided by ATF For Stupidity, Not Criminal Enterprise
Federal regulators who enforce firearms laws have asked to keep more than 100 assault rifle parts seized last fall from Stag Arms, a New Britain gun ... «Bearing Arms, May 15»
2
Sharon Rooney and Reece Shearsmith on Stag weekend from hell
The My Mad Fat Diary actress and League Of Gentleman star are two of those featuring in BBC Two's Stag, a comedy thriller about a stag weekend which goes ... «Irish Examiner, May 15»
3
Mark Wright parties with Calvin Harris as he celebrates THIRD stag do
Mark Wright has been having the time of his life celebrating his third stag do in Las Vegas. And on Friday night, his extravagant lads' holiday in the Nevada ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
4
Cork stag party wearing Hitler masks in Prague was 'national …
Drunken Irish revellers who wore Hitler masks just yards from a Jewish quarter while on a stag party in Prague have been branded a “truly repulsive” and an ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
5
Mark Wright enjoys pre-stag do but was Michelle Keegan's dad …
Hunky Mark Wright looks like he had a blast celebrating his 'pre stag do' with family and friends. The former TOWIE star was joined by his nearest and dearest as ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Portland, Pabst may have deal on White Stag sign
The towering neon sign boasts a stag and the words “Portland Oregon,” and is considered one of the most recognizable features of the city's skyline. The city ... «KOIN.com, Feb 15»
7
Stag Do Disappearance: Hunt For British Man
The family and friends of a British man who went missing on a stag weekend in Prague have promised to keep searching the streets of the Czech capital until ... «Sky News, Dec 14»
8
Seven Metropolitan Police officers arrested after stag party brawl in …
Seven Metropolitan Police officers were arrested while on one of the men's stag party in Vilnius, Lithuania, after brawling in the street. The officers, who have not ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
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Karl Law: Wedding postponed until Prague stag man found
Lee Cross, whose stag weekend Mr Law had been on with 12 other men, has been in the city searching for his cousin. "There's no way I can get married without ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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Stag party member claims he was 'grossly exploited' by lap dancing …
A member of a stag party has claimed he was “grossly exploited” by a Bournemouth lap dancing club after he spent a third of his salary in a single evening. «The Independent, Nov 14»

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