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stave

(stāv)
n.
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.
4. Music See staff 1.
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).
Phrasal Verb:
stave off
To keep or hold off; repel: "For 12 years, we've sought to stave off this ultimate threat of disaster" (New York Times).
[Back-formation from staves, pl. of staff.]
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stave

(steɪv)
n
1. (Building) any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc
2. (Furniture) 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. (Poetry) a stanza or verse of a poem
5. (Music, other) music
a. Brit an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation
b. another word for staff 19
vb, 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. (usually foll by: in) to burst or force (a hole in something)
8. (Building) (tr) to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves
9. (Medicine) (tr) Scot to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)
[C14: back formation from staves, plural of staff1]
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stave

(steɪv)

n., v. staved stove, stav•ing. n.
1. one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
2. a stick, rod, pole, or the like.
3. a rung of a ladder, chair, etc.
4.
a. a verse or stanza of a poem or song.
b. the alliterating sound in a line of verse, as the w-sound in wind in the willows.
v.t.
6. to break in a stave or staves of (a cask or barrel) so as to release the wine, liquor, or other contents.
7. to break or crush (something) inward (often fol. by in).
8. to break (a hole) in, esp. in the hull of a boat.
9. to break to pieces; splinter; smash.
10. to furnish with a stave or staves.
11. to beat with a stave or staff.
v.i.
12. to become staved in, as a boat; break in or up.
13. to move along rapidly.
14. stave off,
a. to put, ward, or keep off, as by force or evasion.
b. to prevent in time; forestall: to stave off bankruptcy.
[1125–75; (n.) Middle English, back formation from staves; (v.) derivative of the n.]
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stave


Past participle: staved/stove
Gerund: staving

Imperative
stave
stave
Present
I stave
you stave
he/she/it staves
we stave
you stave
they stave
Preterite
I staved/stove
you staved/stove
he/she/it staved/stove
we staved/stove
you staved/stove
they staved/stove
Present Continuous
I am staving
you are staving
he/she/it is staving
we are staving
you are staving
they are staving
Present Perfect
I have staved/stove
you have staved/stove
he/she/it has staved/stove
we have staved/stove
you have staved/stove
they have staved/stove
Past Continuous
I was staving
you were staving
he/she/it was staving
we were staving
you were staving
they were staving
Past Perfect
I had staved/stove
you had staved/stove
he/she/it had staved/stove
we had staved/stove
you had staved/stove
they had staved/stove
Future
I will stave
you will stave
he/she/it will stave
we will stave
you will stave
they will stave
Future Perfect
I will have staved/stove
you will have staved/stove
he/she/it will have staved/stove
we will have staved/stove
you will have staved/stove
they will have staved/stove
Future Continuous
I will be staving
you will be staving
he/she/it will be staving
we will be staving
you will be staving
they will be staving
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been staving
you have been staving
he/she/it has been staving
we have been staving
you have been staving
they have been staving
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been staving
you will have been staving
he/she/it will have been staving
we will have been staving
you will have been staving
they will have been staving
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been staving
you had been staving
he/she/it had been staving
we had been staving
you had been staving
they had been staving
Conditional
I would stave
you would stave
he/she/it would stave
we would stave
you would stave
they would stave
Past Conditional
I would have staved/stove
you would have staved/stove
he/she/it would have staved/stove
we would have staved/stove
you would have staved/stove
they would have staved/stove
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. stave - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
staff line - any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff
space - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
2. stave - one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
barrel, cask - a cylindrical container that holds liquids
slat, spline - a thin strip (wood or metal)
3. [画像:stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair]stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
crosspiece - a transverse brace
folding chair - a chair that can be folded flat for storage
feeding chair, highchair - a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray
rocking chair, rocker - a chair mounted on rockers
side chair, straight chair - a straight-backed chair without arms
Verb 1. stave - furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"
equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
2. stave - burst or force (a hole) into something
burst, break open, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"
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stave

noun
A fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking:
phrasal verb
stave off
To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action:
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Translations
مُدَرَّج موسيقي
notová osnova
fem nodelinier
nótnastrengur
penklinė
nošu līnija
notová osnova

stave

[steɪv] N
1. [of barrel] → duela f; [of ladder] → peldaño m
2. (Mus) → pentagrama m
3. (Literat) → estrofa f
stave in VT + ADV (stove in (pt, pp)) → desfondar
stave off VT + ADV (staved off (pt, pp)) [+ attack, crisis, illness] → evitar ; [+ threat etc] → evitar, conjurar ; (temporarily) → aplazar, posponer
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stave

[ˈsteɪv]
n
(mainly British) (MUSIC) → portée f
(= stick) → gourdin m
stave off
vt sep [+ attack] → parer ; [+ threat] → conjurer ; [+ attempt] → décourager ; [+ defeat] → empêcher
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stave

n
(of barrel) → (Fass)daube f; (= rung) → (Leiter)sprosse f; (= stick) → Knüppel m, → Knüttel m (old)
(Mus: = staff) → Notenlinien pl
(Liter, = stanza) → Strophe f, → Vers m
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stave

[steɪv] n (Mus) = staff 1c
stave in vt + adv (stove in (pt, pp)) → sfondare
stave off vt + adv (staved off (pt, pp)) (crisis, threat, illness) → evitare ; (attack) → respingere ; (temporarily) → allontanare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stave

(steiv) noun
in music, a staff. staaf مُدَرَّج موسيقي петолиние pauta notová osnova das Notensystem fem nodelinier πεντάγραμμο noodijoonestik حامل nuottiviivasto portée מקל तख्ता, डाडा, संगीत, छन्द crtovlje (muz.), strofa a kotta öt vonala bagian partitur nótnastrengur rigo, pentagramma 譜表 보표 penklinė nošu līnija baluk notenbalk fem notelinjer takt pauta portativ нотный стан notová osnova notno črtovje notna linija notplan, notsystem โน้ตเพลง porte 五線譜 нотний стан موسیقی میں پانچ متوازی خطوط جن میں سے ایک یا کسی دو کے درمیان آواز کا چڑھاؤ ظاہر کرنے کے لیے نشان لگا دیا جاءے khuông nhạc 五线谱
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I forget whether I have told you that there was a stave on the rock, driven into it by some buccaneers of long ago to mark the site of buried treasure.
Then he got into the nest, reared the stave in it as a mast, and hung up his shirt for a sail.
"Here are young chips from an old bow stave!" cried the soldier in great delight.
"I would break your stave across my knee first," cried John, laying his great hand upon the bow.
I shall never forget the first time I happened to roar out a stave in the presence of noble Mehevi.
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They threw down their staves, took off their pilgrim's cloaks and remained in their under-clothing; they were all good-looking young fellows, except Ricote, who was a man somewhat advanced in years.
They travel nearly all over it, and there is no town out of which they do not go full up of meat and drink, as the saying is, and with a real, at least, in money, and they come off at the end of their travels with more than a hundred crowns saved, which, changed into gold, they smuggle out of the kingdom either in the hollow of their staves or in the patches of their pilgrim's cloaks or by some device of their own, and carry to their own country in spite of the guards at the posts and passes where they are searched.
As Indian Moors obey their Spanish lords, So shall the spirits of every element Be always serviceable to us three; Like lions shall they guard us when we please; Like Almain rutters with their horsemen's staves, Or Lapland giants, trotting by our sides; Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids, Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows Than have the white breasts of the queen of love: From Venice shall they drag huge argosies, And from America the golden fleece That yearly stuffs old Philip's treasury; If learned Faustus will be resolute.
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This slave was a most gallant fellow, and fought most desperately, killing five of them with his own hand, having no weapon but one of the armed staves and a hatchet.
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Our mothers could neither of them exactly ascertain who were our Father, though it is generally beleived that Philander, is the son of one Philip Jones a Bricklayer and that my Father was one Gregory Staves a Staymaker of Edinburgh.
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Rosa went down, and immediately after returned with two staves of a small barrel and a large roll of linen bandage.
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An empty dog-kennel, some bones of animals, fragments of iron hoops, and staves of old casks, lay strewn about, but no life was stirring there.
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