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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hydrocarbon \Hy`dro*car"bon\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
     A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,
     benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace,
        or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
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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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stove \Stove\ (st[=o]v),
     imp. of Stave.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
     room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a
     heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw.
     stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.
     Estufa, Stew, Stufa.]
     1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
        house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly,
        designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a
        parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
        to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes
        or in the processes of the arts.
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              When most of the waiters were commanded away to
              their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
              emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of
                                                    Strafford.
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              How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
              caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy,
              or under the pole!                    --Burton.
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     2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
        fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously
        constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
        room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
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     3. Hence, in modern dwellings: An appliance having a top
        surface with fittings suitable for heating pots and pans
        for cooking, frying, or boiling food, most commonly heated
        by gas or electricity, and often combined with an oven in
        a single unit; a cooking stove. Such units commonly have
        two to six heating surfaces, called burners, even if they
        are heated by electricity rather than a gas flame.
        [PJC]
  
     Cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
        kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
  
     Dry stove. See under Dry.
  
     Foot stove. See under Foot.
  
     Franklin stove. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Stove plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat
        to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
  
     Stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stove \Stove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stoving.]
     1. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as,
        to stove orange trees. --Bacon.
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     2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
        [1913 Webster]

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 ]


  Stove \Stove\,
     imp. of Stave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated
     room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a
     heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw.
     stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf.
     Estufa, Stew, Stufa.]
     1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing
        house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly,
        designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a
        parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense,
        to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes
        or in the processes of the arts.
  
              When most of the waiters were commanded away to
              their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly
              emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of
                                                    Strafford.
  
              How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and
              caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy,
              or under the pole!                    --Burton.
  
     2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for
        fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously
        constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
        room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
  
     Cooking stove, a stove with an oven, opening for pots,
        kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking.
  
     Dry stove. See under Dry.
  
     Foot stove. See under Foot.
  
     Franklin stove. See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Stove plant (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat
        to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.
  
     Stove plate, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stove \Stove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stoving.]
     1. To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as,
        to stove orange trees. --Bacon.
  
     2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hydrocarbon \Hy`dro*car"bon\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
     A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,
     benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
  
     Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace,
        or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stove
       n 1: a kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was
            already on the stove" [syn: kitchen stove, range, kitchen
            range, cooking stove]
       2: any heating apparatus

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stove
       See stave

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η σόμπα
     2 (ετ συσκευή en) η κουζίνα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     n.
     1 (senseid en room heater)A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel
  for the warming of a room.
     2 A device for heating food, (''UK'') a cooker.
     3 A stovetop, with hotplate.
     4 (lb en chiefly UK) A hothouse (gloss: heated greenhouse).
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
     vb.
     (infl of en stave#Verb  ed-form)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a living room
     2 (lb nn dated) a (l en cottage), small house

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     n.
     1 (senseid en room heater)A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel
  for the warming of a room.
     2 A device for heating food, (''UK'') a cooker.
     3 A stovetop, with hotplate.
     4 (lb en chiefly UK) A hothouse (gloss: heated greenhouse).
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
     vb.
     (infl of en stave#Verb  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     n.
     1 (senseid en room heater)A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel
  for the warming of a room.
     2 A device for heating food, (''UK'') a cooker.
     3 A stovetop, with hotplate.
     4 (lb en chiefly UK) A hothouse (gloss: heated greenhouse).
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
     vb.
     (infl of en stave#Verb  ed-form)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a living room
     2 (lb nn dated) a (l en cottage), small house

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     n.
     1 (senseid en room heater)A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel
  for the warming of a room.
     2 A device for heating food, (''UK'') a cooker.
     3 A stovetop, with hotplate.
     4 (lb en chiefly UK) A hothouse (gloss: heated greenhouse).
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To heat or dry, as in a stove.
     vb.
     (infl of en stave#Verb  ed-form)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     1 a living room
     2 (lb nn dated) a (l en cottage), small house

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     Englanti n.
     1 (''lämmitys'') uuni; kamiina
     2 (''keittiö'') liesi, hella

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stove
     Nynorska n.
     ''variant av'' stue

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stove /stˈəʊv/
  الطبّاخ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  stove //stoʊv// //stəʊv// 
  пе́чка 2.
  device for heating food
   3.
  heater