A phase. / (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.

(transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play. / To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. / (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out. / (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.

An actor on the stage. / One who stages a theatrical performance. / One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience.

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter. / (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.

(UK) One who attends a stag night.

(economics) Inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, unemployment or recession.

Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness. / (figuratively) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

The practice of jumping from the stage in a rock concert to be caught and carried aloft by the crowd.

present participle of stage dive