stave

stave

S0723300 (stāv)n.1. a. A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure.b. One of the wooden planks in a stave wall.2. A rung of a ladder or chair.3. A staff or cudgel.4. Music See staff¹.5. A set of verses; a stanza.tr.v. staved or stove (stōv), stav·ing, staves To crush or smash inward, often by making a hole. Often used with in: "The jetliner had staved in the south side of the structure. The plane had ripped a hole 150 feet wide" (Bill Sammon).Phrasal Verb: stave off To keep or hold off; repel: "For 12 years, we've sought to stave off this ultimate threat of disaster" (New York Times).

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[Back-formation from staves, pl. of staff.]

stave

(steɪv) n1. (Building) any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc2. (Furniture) 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 chair3. any stick, staff, etc4. (Poetry) a stanza or verse of a poem5. (Music, other) music a. Brit an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notationb. another word for staff¹⁹vb, staves, staving, staved or stove6. (often foll by in) to break or crush (the staves of a boat, barrel, etc) or (of the staves of a boat) to be broken or crushed7. (usually foll by: in) to burst or force (a hole in something)8. (Building) (tr) to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves9. (Medicine) (tr) Scot to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)[C14: back formation from staves, plural of staff¹]

stave

(steɪv)

n., v. staved stove, stav•ing. 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. a. a verse or stanza of a poem or song. b. the alliterating sound in a line of verse, as the w-sound in wind in the willows. 5. staff ¹ (def. 8). v.t. 6. to break in a stave or staves of (a cask or barrel) so as to release the wine, liquor, or other contents. 7. to break or crush (something) inward (often fol. by in). 8. to break (a hole) in, esp. in the hull of a boat. 9. to break to pieces; splinter; smash. 10. to furnish with a stave or staves. 11. to beat with a stave or staff. v.i. 12. to become staved in, as a boat; break in or up. 13. to move along rapidly. 14. stave off, a. to put, ward, or keep off, as by force or evasion. b. to prevent in time; forestall: to stave off bankruptcy. [1125–75; (n.) Middle English, back formation from staves; (v.) derivative of the n.]

stave

Past participle: staved/stove
Gerund: staving

Imperative
stave
stave

Present
I stave
you stave
he/she/it staves
we stave
you stave
they stave

Preterite
I staved/stove
you staved/stove
he/she/it staved/stove
we staved/stove
you staved/stove
they staved/stove

Present Continuous
I am staving
you are staving
he/she/it is staving
we are staving
you are staving
they are staving

Present Perfect
I have staved/stove
you have staved/stove
he/she/it has staved/stove
we have staved/stove
you have staved/stove
they have staved/stove

Past Continuous
I was staving
you were staving
he/she/it was staving
we were staving
you were staving
they were staving

Past Perfect
I had staved/stove
you had staved/stove
he/she/it had staved/stove
we had staved/stove
you had staved/stove
they had staved/stove

Future
I will stave
you will stave
he/she/it will stave
we will stave
you will stave
they will stave

Future Perfect
I will have staved/stove
you will have staved/stove
he/she/it will have staved/stove
we will have staved/stove
you will have staved/stove
they will have staved/stove

Future Continuous
I will be staving
you will be staving
he/she/it will be staving
we will be staving
you will be staving
they will be staving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been staving
you have been staving
he/she/it has been staving
we have been staving
you have been staving
they have been staving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been staving
you will have been staving
he/she/it will have been staving
we will have been staving
you will have been staving
they will have been staving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been staving
you had been staving
he/she/it had been staving
we had been staving
you had been staving
they had been staving

Conditional
I would stave
you would stave
he/she/it would stave
we would stave
you would stave
they would stave

Past Conditional
I would have staved/stove
you would have staved/stove
he/she/it would have staved/stove
we would have staved/stove
you would have staved/stove
they would have staved/stove

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stave - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are writtenstaffmusical notation - (music) notation used by musiciansstaff line - any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staffspace - one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
	2.	stave - one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucketlagbarrel, cask - a cylindrical container that holds liquidsslat, spline - a thin strip (wood or metal)
	3.	stave - a crosspiece between the legs of a chairrung, roundcrosspiece - a transverse bracefolding chair - a chair that can be folded flat for storagefeeding chair, highchair - a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable trayrocking chair, rocker - a chair mounted on rockersside chair, straight chair - a straight-backed chair without arms
Verb	1.	stave - furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"equip, fit out, outfit, fit - provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
	2.	stave - burst or force (a hole) into somethingstave inburst, break open, split - come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst"

stave

nounA fairly long straight piece of solid material used especially as a support in walking:cane, staff, stick, walking stick.phrasal verb
stave offTo prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action:avert, forestall, forfend, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, ward (off).Idiom: nip in the bud.

Translations

五线谱

stave

(steiv) noun in music, a staff. 五線譜 五线谱