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stave

/steɪv/

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noun

Douve

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. "

Le charpentier ajusta soigneusement chaque douve aux autres, créant ainsi les côtés du nouveau seau en bois.

material structure utensil

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noun

Barreau, traverse

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. "

Les barreaux en bois de l'échelle étaient usés et glissants.

part structure item building

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noun

Strophe, couplet, vers

A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

Examples :

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

La première strophe du poème décrivait la belle lumière du matin.

literature music structure

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noun

Portée

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. "

Le professeur de musique a expliqué comment lire les notes sur la portée.

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noun

Bâton, gourdin

A staff or walking stick.

Examples :

"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.

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noun

Signe, symbole, sigille

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. "

Le sorcier a utilisé un signe particulier pour améliorer ses incantations pendant le rituel.

mythology ritual religion sign supernatural culture

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verb

Garnir de douves

To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

Examples :

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

Le charpentier a garni le tonneau de nouvelles douves en bois.

structure material

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verb

Enfoncer, briser

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

Examples :

"to stave in a cask"

Briser un tonneau.

action material

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verb

Écarter, repousser

(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. "

L'agent de sécurité a dû écarter la foule qui se précipitait vers la scène.

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verb

Écarter, repousser

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

Examples :

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

Nous avons mangé de l'herbe pour tenter d'écarter notre faim.

action event achievement

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verb

Se briser, éclater

(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. "

La caisse en bois vide, négligemment lâchée du camion, s'est brisée contre le trottoir.

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verb

Se hâter, se dépêcher

To walk or move rapidly.

Examples :

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

Les enfants se sont hâtés dans la rue pour attraper le bus scolaire.

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verb

Éviter, empêcher

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. "

La forte pluie a fait éclater le tonneau de vin qui fuyait, et tout le délicieux vin a été perdu.

suffering action

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verb

Rendre étanche, calfeutrer

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"

Calfeutrer le plomb ou les joints des tuyaux dans lesquels du plomb a été coulé.

technical nautical building