Stave word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "stave" word
[noun] one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
[noun] (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
[verb] burst or force (a hole) into something
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\Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved}or {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.
\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.
Synonyms for stave
lag, round, rung, staff, stave in
See also: barrel | break open | burst | cask | crosspiece | feeding chair | folding chair | highchair | musical notation | rocker | rocking chair | side chair | slat | space | spline | split | staff line | straight chair |
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Let's analyse "stave" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EVATS. Average typing speed for these characters is 1385 milliseconds. [info]
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stave: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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