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  • 11stave — verb avert, avoid, beat off, block, check, deflect, drive away, fend off, fugare, hamper, hinder, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, keep at bay, keep off, obstruct, prevent, propulsare, push away, put off, repel, repellere, shun, turn aside,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 12stave in — index break (fracture) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 13stave — off …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 14Stave — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Stave (homonymie). Stave …

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  • 15stave in — verb 1. break in the staves (of) stave in a cask • Hypernyms: ↑break in • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. burst or force (a hole) into something …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16stave — /steɪv / (say stayv) noun 1. one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood which 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. Prosody a. a verse or stanza of a poem… …

  • 17stave — stave1 [steıv] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: staves] 1.) the set of five lines on which music is written 2.) one of the thin curved pieces of wood fitted close together to form the sides of a ↑barrel stave 2 stave2 v past tense and past participle… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18stave — I UK [steɪv] / US verb Word forms stave : present tense I/you/we/they stave he/she/it staves present participle staving past tense staved past participle staved Phrasal verbs: stave in stave off II UK [steɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms… …

    English dictionary

  • 19stave — /stayv/, n., v., staved or stove, staving. 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. Pros. a. a verse or… …

    Universalium

  • 20stave — stave1 [ steıv ] verb ,stave in phrasal verb transitive to break something inward: The side of the car was staved in from the accident. ,stave off phrasal verb transitive to stop something from happening: We re still trying to stave off a trade… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English