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stave

/steɪv/

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noun

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully fitted each stave to the others, creating the sides of the new wooden pail. "

material structure utensil

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noun

One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

Examples :

"The ladder's wooden staves were worn and slippery. "

part structure item building

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noun

A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

Examples :

"The poem's first stave described the beautiful morning light. "

literature music structure

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The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

Examples :

"The music teacher explained how to read the notes on the stave. "

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noun

A staff or walking stick.

Examples :

"The old man leaned heavily on his sturdy stave as he walked through the park. "

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A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.

Examples :

"The sorcerer used a particular stave to enhance his incantations during the ritual. "

mythology ritual religion sign supernatural culture

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verb

To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

Examples :

"The carpenter staved the barrel with new wooden staves. "

structure material

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verb

(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.

Examples :

"to stave in a cask"

action material

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verb

(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.

Examples :

"The security guard had to stave off the crowd rushing towards the stage. "

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verb

(usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.

Examples :

"We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."

action event achievement

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(rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.

Examples :

"The empty wooden crate, carelessly dropped from the truck, staved against the curb. "

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verb

To walk or move rapidly.

Examples :

"The children staved down the street to catch the school bus. "

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verb

To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.

Examples :

"The heavy rain caused the leaky wine cask to stave, and all the delicious wine was lost. "

suffering action

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verb

To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.

Examples :

"to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run"

technical nautical building