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- pronunciation:
- steIv
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- stave off
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a narrow, usu. curved wooden strip used to make barrels, casks, or the like.
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| definition 2: |
a rod or pole.
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| definition 3: |
in music, a staff.
- similar words:
- staff
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
staves, staving, staved, stove |
| definition 1: |
to break by smashing or crushing and pushing in (often fol. by "in").
The steering wheel had staved in his ribcage. |
| definition 2: |
to smash and push in the staves of (a barrel, cask, or the like).
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| definition 3: |
to provide with staves.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be or come to be smashed or crushed and pushed in.
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| phrase: |
stave off |
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