stave

  • 71stave — steɪv n. thin strip of wood used to form the sides of a barrel or other similar structure; stick or staff; rung of a ladder or chair; set of verses in a poem or song; group of 5 horizontal lines and the 4 spaces between them on which music is… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 72stave in — break into, breach …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 73stave —    In architecture, a wedge shaped timber; vertically placed staves embellish the architectural features of a building. Also see wood …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 74stave in — Burst …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 75STAVE — (англ., произн. стэв), нотоносец, система нотных линий …

    Музыкальный словарь Римана

  • 76To stave and tail — 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;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 77stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 78stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 79stave cells — littoral c s …

    Medical dictionary

  • 80stave off — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, anticipate, avert, bar, beat off, block, check, continue, counter, debar, defer, deflect, delay, deter, discourage, dishearten, drag out, drive back, drive off, estop, exclude, extend, fend, fend off, forbid,… …

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