any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc

any of various bars, slats, or rods, usually of wood, such as a rung of a ladder or a crosspiece bracing the legs of a chair

any stick, staff, etc

a stanza or verse of a poem

to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken orcrushed

to burst or force (a hole in something)

to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves

to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)