nnoun.statea situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possibleSynset:dead end deadlock impasse standstill
Examples:- reached an impasse on the negotiations
Derivationally Related Form:stand still
Hypernyms:situation
Inherited Hypernyms:deadlocksituationdifficultyconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.eventdrawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in checkDerivationally Related Form:stalemate
Hypernyms:draw standoff tie
Inherited Hypernyms:stalematedrawfinishhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.competitionsubject to a stalemateTopic:chesschess game
Derivationally Related Form:stalemate
Hypernyms:go move
Inherited Hypernyms:stalematemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody