Definition of Stave in English :
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Stave meaning in English
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Stave
see synonyms of staveNoun
Verb
4. stave
furnish with staves
Example Sentences:'stave a ladder'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Stave
see synonyms of stavenoun
1.
any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc
2.
any of various bars, slats, or rods, usually of wood, such as a rung of a ladder or a crosspiece bracing the legs of a chair
3.
any stick, staff, etc
4.
a stanza or verse of a poem
5. music
a. British
an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation
b. another word for staff1 (sense 9)
verbWord forms: staves, staving, staved or stove
6. (often foll by in)
to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken or
crushed
7. (transitive; usually foll by in)
to burst or force (a hole in something)
8. (transitive)
to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves
9. (transitive) Scottish
to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)
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Stave
see synonyms of stave noun
1.
a.
any of the thin, shaped strips of wood or metal, set edge to edge to form or strengthen the wall of a barrel, bucket, etc.
b.
any similar slat, bar, rung, stay, etc.
2.
a stick or staff
3.
a set of verses, or lines, of a song or poem; stanza
4. Music
staff1 (sense 5)
verb transitiveWord forms: staved or stove, ˈstaving
5.
a.
to puncture or smash, esp. by breaking in a stave or staves
b.
to beat as with a staff
6.
to furnish with staves
verb intransitive
7.
to be or become stove in, as a boat; break up or in
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Stave
see synonyms of staven.
1.
a. A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure.
b. One of the wooden planks in a stave wall.
2. A rung of a ladder or chair.
3. A staff or cudgel.
5. A set of verses; a stanza.
tr.v. staved or stove (stōv), stav·ing, staves
To crush or smash inward, often by making a hole. Often used with in: "The jetliner had staved in the south side of the structure. The plane had ripped a hole 150 feet wide" (Bill Sammon).
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