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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Staff \Staff\ (st[.a]f), n.; pl. Staves (st[=a]vz or
st[aum]vz; 277) or Staffs (st[.a]fs) in senses 1-9,
Staffs in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[ae]f a staff; akin to LG.
& D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan.
stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[=a]pay to cause
to stand, to place. See Stand, and cf. Stab, Stave, n.]
1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an
instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many
purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or
pike.
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And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of
the altar to bear it withal. --Ex. xxxviii.
7.
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With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden.
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2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a
person walking; hence, a support; that which props or
upholds. ``Hooked staves.'' --Piers Plowman.
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The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak.
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He spoke of it [beer] in ``The Earnest Cry,'' and
likewise in the ``Scotch Drink,'' as one of the
staffs of life which had been struck from the poor
man's hand. --Prof.
Wilson.
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3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a
badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
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Methought this staff, mine office badge in court,
Was broke in twain. --Shak.
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All his officers brake their staves; but at their
return new staves were delivered unto them.
--Hayward.
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4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
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5. The round of a ladder. [R.]
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I ascended at one [ladder] of six hundred and
thirty-nine staves. --Dr. J.
Campbell (E.
Brown's
Travels).
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6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded,
the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
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Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for
an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden.
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7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is
written; -- formerly called stave.
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8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
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9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife,
used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
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10. [From Staff, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An
establishment of officers in various departments attached
to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander
of an army. The general's staff consists of those
officers about his person who are employed in carrying
his commands into execution. See ['E]tat Major.
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11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect
the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used
for the entire group of employees of an enterprise,
excluding the top management; as, the staff of a
newspaper.
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Jacob's staff (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff,
pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the
ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used,
instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass.
Staff angle (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush
with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles
of plastering, to prevent their being damaged.
The staff of life, bread. ``Bread is the staff of life.''
--Swift.
Staff tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Celastrus,
mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The
American species ({C. scandens) is commonly called
bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3
(b) .
To set up one's staff, To put up one's staff, To set
down one's staff or To put down one's staff, to take up
one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Stave \Stave\ (st[=a]v), n. [From Staff, and corresponding to
the pl. staves. See Staff.]
1. 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; esp., one of the
strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
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2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the
bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
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3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
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Let us chant a passing stave
In honor of that hero brave. --Wordsworth.
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4. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and
between which musical notes are written or printed; the
staff[7]. [Obs.]
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Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.
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Stave \Stave\, v. i.
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash
into fragments.
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Like a vessel of glass she stove and sank.
--Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staved (st[=a]vd) or
Stove (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. Staving.] [From Stave,
n., or Staff, n.]
1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;
to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave
in a boat.
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2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
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The condition of a servant staves him off to a
distance. --South.
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3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with
off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
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And answered with such craft as women use,
Guilty or guiltless, to stave off a chance
That breaks upon them perilously. --Tennyson.
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4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
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All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.
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5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.
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6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking
iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which
lead has been run.
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To stave and tail, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose
with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to
hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Stave \Stave\, n. [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl.
staves. See Staff.]
1. 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; esp., one of the
strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the
bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.
3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero
brave. --Wordsworth.
4. (Mus.) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and
between which musical notes are written or pointed; the
staff. [Obs.]
Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stavedor Stove; p. pr. &
vb. n. Staving.] [From Stave, n., or Staff, n.]
1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in;
to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave
in a boat.
2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
The condition of a servant staves him off to a
distance. --South.
3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with
off; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or
guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon
them perilously. --Tennyson.
4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
All the wine in the city has been staved. --Sandys.
5. To furnish with staves or rundles. --Knolles.
6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking
iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which
lead has been run.
To stave and tail, in bear baiting, (to stave) to interpose
with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail) to
hold back the dog by the tail. --Nares.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Stave \Stave\, v. i.
To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash
into fragments.
Like a vessel of glass she stove and sank.
--Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
stave
n 1: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the
musical notes are written [syn: staff]
2: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
barrel or bucket [syn: lag]
3: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung, round]
v 1: furnich with staves; "stave a ladder"
2: burst or force (a hole) into something [syn: stave in]
[also: stove]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stave
Middle English n.
(alt form enm staf)
n.
1 (senseid en strip for sides of vessel such as barrel) 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, barrel,
pail, etc.
2 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of
the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
3 (lb en poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
4 (lb en music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between
which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
5 (lb en poetry rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or
vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant
or vowel in stave-rhyme.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. (from
1540s)
2 (lb en transitive usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to
break a hole in; to burst. (from 1590s)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Stave
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
stave
n.
1 (senseid en strip for sides of vessel such as barrel) 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, barrel,
pail, etc.
2 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of
the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
3 (lb en poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
4 (lb en music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between
which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
5 (lb en poetry rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or
vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant
or vowel in stave-rhyme.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. (from
1540s)
2 (lb en transitive usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to
break a hole in; to burst. (from 1590s)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Stave
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
stave
Middle English n.
(alt form enm staf)
n.
1 (senseid en strip for sides of vessel such as barrel) 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, barrel,
pail, etc.
2 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of
the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
3 (lb en poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
4 (lb en music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between
which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
5 (lb en poetry rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or
vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant
or vowel in stave-rhyme.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. (from
1540s)
2 (lb en transitive usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to
break a hole in; to burst. (from 1590s)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Stave
n.
(surname: en).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
stave
Middle English n.
(alt form enm staf)
n.
1 (senseid en strip for sides of vessel such as barrel) 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, barrel,
pail, etc.
2 One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of
the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
3 (lb en poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
4 (lb en music) The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between
which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
5 (lb en poetry rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or
vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant
or vowel in stave-rhyme.
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. (from
1540s)
2 (lb en transitive usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to
break a hole in; to burst. (from 1590s)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Stave
n.
(surname: en).
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stave
Englanti n.
1 sauva, keppi
2 säkeistö
3 nuottiviivasto
Englanti vb.
1 torjua, pitää loitolla
2 rikkoa, lyödä rikki
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
stave
Danska vb.
stava
From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]stave /stˈaʋə/From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]spell
Stave /stˈeɪv/ العصاFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
stave //steɪv//From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]1. строфа metrical portion; stanza; staff 2. петолиние parallel lines to write music on
stave //steɪv//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]пробивам break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst
stave /stˈeɪv/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ][hud] notová osnova
stave /stˈeɪv/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]hůl
stave /stˈeɪv/ DaubeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
stave /stˈeɪv/ FassdaubeFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Daube , Fassbrett Synonym: lag see: staves, lags
stave /stˈeɪv/ KnüppelFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Knüttel , derber Stock
stave /stˈeɪv/ LeitersprosseFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], Sprosse "stave a ladder" - einer Leiter Sprossen nageln Synonym: rung see: rungs, staves Note: of a ladder
stave /stˈeɪv/ LiniensystemFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ], System [mus.] Note: mehrstimmige Musiknoten Synonym: staff
stave /stˈeɪv/ ReimstabFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
stave /stˈeɪv/ βαρελοσανίδαFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
stave //steɪv//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. puola bar 2. säkeistö metrical portion; stanza; staff 3. lauta narrow strip, a part of a vessel 4. nuottiviivasto parallel lines to write music on 5. kävelykeppi, sauva walking stick
stave /stˈeɪv/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. कोई मोटी छड़ी या ड़ंड़ा "Police use staves during riots."
stave /stˈeɪv/ duga, dužica, kitica, prečka, probiti, probušiti, spriječitiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
stave /stˈeɪv/ 1. nyél 2. versszak 3. ütem 4. vesszô 5. pálca 6. bot 7. taktus 8. írásjel 9. strófa 10. kotta öt vonala 11. betû 12. donga 13. gyámfa 14. hangjegy-vonal 15. rúd 16. léc 17. hordódonga 18. alabárdnyél 19. vonalrendszer 20. létrafokFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
stave //steɪv//From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]五線 parallel lines to write music on
stave //steɪv//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]notrad, notsystem parallel lines to write music on
stave /stˈeɪv/ 1. (-d veya stove) (sandalda, fıçıda) tahtayı kırarak delik açmak 2. kabuğunu kırarak parçalamak 3. vurarak delik açmak 4. fıçı tahtalarıyle donatmak: parçalanıp açılmak. stave off savmak, uzaklaştırmak 5. meydana gelmesini önlemek.From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
stave /stˈeɪv/ 1. çomak, değnek 2. çubuk 3. fıçı tahtası 4. portatif merdiven basamağı 5. (şiir) beyit 6. (müz.) porte.From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:nno-nob ]
stave staveFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From IPA:nb : [ IPA:nb ]/ˈsteɪv/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈstɑːʋə/
178 Moby Thesaurus words for "stave":
Malacca cane, Spenserian stanza, advocate, alpenstock, antistrophe,
arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bar,
bar line, barrel, baton, beam, bearer, billet, board, boarding,
book, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, bucket, bullet,
burden, buttress, cane, canto, carrier, cervix, chorus, clapboard,
cord, cordwood, corset, couplet, crook, crosier, cross,
cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick, deal, degree, distich, doorstep,
driftwood, envoi, epode, firewood, footrest, footstep,
foundation garment, fulcrum, girdle, guy, guywire, handstaff,
hardwood, haste, hasten, heptastich, hexastich, highball, hotfoot,
hustle, jock, jockstrap, lath, lathing, lathwork, ledger line,
line, lituus, log, lumber, mainstay, maintainer, mast, measure,
monostich, neck, octastich, octave, octet, ottava rima, panelboard,
paneling, panelwork, pastoral staff, paterissa, pentastich, plank,
planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, prop, puncheon,
quarterstaff, quatrain, refrain, reinforce, reinforcement,
reinforcer, rest, resting place, rhyme royal, rigging, riser,
round, rundle, rung, scale, septet, sestet, sextet, shake,
sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shillelagh, shingle,
shoulder, shroud, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, softwood, space,
spine, splat, spoke, sprit, staff, stair, standing rigging, stanza,
stay, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stick, stick of wood,
stiffener, stovewood, strain, strengthener, string, strophe,
support, supporter, sustainer, swagger stick, swanking stick,
syllable, tercet, terza rima, tetrastich, three-by-four, timber,
timbering, timberwork, tread, triplet, tristich, two-by-four,
upholder, verse, walking stick, weatherboard, wood
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]n.桶材;窄板 v.敲破From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 狭板,梯级,棍棒,诗句
vt. 击穿,弄破,压扁,避开,延缓
vi. 穿孔,破碎