Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stable \Sta"ble\, a. (Physics)
   So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of
   such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or
   chemical disturbance; -- said of any body or substance.

Stable \Sta"ble\, v. t.
   To fix; to establish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Stable \Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
   stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.]
   A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
   esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
   horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.

   {Stable fly} (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly ({Stomoxys
      calcitrans}) which is abundant about stables and often
      enters dwellings, especially in autumn. These files,
      unlike the common house files, which they resemble, bite
      severely, and are troublesome to horses and cattle.

Stable \Sta"ble\, a. [OE. estable, F. stable, fr. L. stabilis,
   fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i. and cf. {Establish}.]
   1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or
      overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

            In this region of chance, . . . where nothing is
            stable.                               --Rogers.

   2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not
      easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering;
      as, a man of stable character.

            And to her husband ever meek and stable. --Chaucer.

   3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a
      stable foundation; a stable position.

   {Stable equibrium} (Mech.), the kind of equilibrium of a body
      so placed that if disturbed it returns to its former
      position, as in the case when the center of gravity is
      below the point or axis of support; -- opposed to
      {unstable equilibrium}, in which the body if disturbed
      does not tend to return to its former position, but to
      move farther away from it, as in the case of a body
      supported at a point below the center of gravity. Cf.
      {Neutral equilibrium}, under {Neutral}.

   Syn: Fixed; steady; constant; abiding; strong; durable; firm.

Stable \Sta"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stabled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Stabling}.]
   To put or keep in a stable.

Stable \Sta"ble\, v. i.
   To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place;
   to kennel. --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

stable
     n : a farm building for housing horses or other livestock [syn:
         {stalls}, {horse barn}]

stable
     v : shelter in a stable; "stable horses"

stable
     adj 1: resistant to change of position or condition; "a stable
            ladder"; "a stable peace"; "a stable relationship";
            "stable prices" [ant: {unstable}]
     2: firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation; "the
        economy is stable"
     3: not taking part readily in chemical change
     4: maintaining equilibrium
     5: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: {static},
         {unchanging}]