noun🔗ShareDouveOne 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."The carpenter carefully fitted each stave to the others, creating the sides of the new wooden pail. "Le charpentier ajusta soigneusement chaque douve aux autres, créant ainsi les côtés du nouveau seau en bois.materialstructureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBarreau, traverseOne of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel"The ladder's wooden staves were worn and slippery. "Les barreaux en bois de l'échelle étaient usés et glissants.partstructureitembuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareStrophe, couplet, versA metrical portion; a stanza; a staff."The poem's first stave described the beautiful morning light. "La première strophe du poème décrivait la belle lumière du matin.literaturemusicstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePortéeThe five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff."The music teacher explained how to read the notes on the stave. "Le professeur de musique a expliqué comment lire les notes sur la portée.musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBâton, gourdinA staff or walking stick."The old man leaned heavily on his sturdy stave as he walked through the park. "Le vieil homme s'appuyait lourdement sur son bâton robuste alors qu'il traversait le parc.itemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSigne, symbole, sigilleA sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic."The sorcerer used a particular stave to enhance his incantations during the ritual. "Le sorcier a utilisé un signe particulier pour améliorer ses incantations pendant le rituel.mythologyritualreligionsignsupernaturalcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareGarnir de douvesTo fit or furnish with staves or rundles."The carpenter staved the barrel with new wooden staves. "Le charpentier a garni le tonneau de nouvelles douves en bois.structurematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEnfoncer, briser(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst."to stave in a cask"Briser un tonneau.actionmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉcarter, repousser(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff."The security guard had to stave off the crowd rushing towards the stage. "L'agent de sécurité a dû écarter la foule qui se précipitait vers la scène.actionweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉcarter, repousser(usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away."We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."Nous avons mangé de l'herbe pour tenter d'écarter notre faim.actioneventachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe briser, éclater(rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something."The empty wooden crate, carelessly dropped from the truck, staved against the curb. "La caisse en bois vide, négligemment lâchée du camion, s'est brisée contre le trottoir.actionphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe hâter, se dépêcherTo walk or move rapidly."The children staved down the street to catch the school bus. "Les enfants se sont hâtés dans la rue pour attraper le bus scolaire.actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareÉviter, empêcherTo suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask."The heavy rain caused the leaky wine cask to stave, and all the delicious wine was lost. "La forte pluie a fait éclater le tonneau de vin qui fuyait, et tout le délicieux vin a été perdu.sufferingactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRendre étanche, calfeutrerTo render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron."to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run"Calfeutrer le plomb ou les joints des tuyaux dans lesquels du plomb a été coulé.technicalnauticalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
