What does stave mean?
Definitions for stave
steɪvstave
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stave.
Princeton's WordNet
staff, stavenoun
(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
stave, lagnoun
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
rung, round, staveverb
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
staveverb
furnish with staves
"stave a ladder"
stave, stave inverb
burst or force (a hole) into something
Wiktionary
stavenoun
One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
stavenoun
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
stavenoun
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
stavenoun
The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
stavenoun
A staff or walking stick
staveverb
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Often with in.
staveverb
To push, as with a staff. With off.
staveverb
To delay by force; to drive away. Often with off.
staveverb
To burst in pieces by striking against something.
staveverb
To walk or move rapidly.
Etymology: the plural of staff.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Staveverb
In the plural staves.
Etymology: from staff.
If irreverent expression, or a thought too wanton are crept into my verses, let them be stav’d or forfeited like contrabanded goods. Dryden.
How can they escape the contagion of the writings, whom the virulency of the calumnies have not staved off, from reading. Ben Jonson.
The condition of a servant staves him off to a distance; but the gospel speaks nothing but allurement, attraction, and invitation. Robert South, Sermons.
The feared disorders that might ensue thereof have been an occasion that divers times all the wine in the city hath been staved. George Sandys, Travels.
This was the shameful end of Aloysus Grittus, Solyman’s deputy in Hungary; who climbing too fast up the evil staved ladder of ambition, suddenly fell, and never rose more. Richard Knolles.
To Staveverb
To fight with staves.
Equal shame and envy stirr’d
I’ th’ enemy, that one shou’d beard
So many warriours, and so stout,
As he had done, and stav’d it out. Hudibras.
ChatGPT
stave
A stave is a narrow strip of wood or a rung of a ladder. In the context of music, a stave or staff refers to the set of horizontal lines and spaces that each represent a different musical pitch. In terms of a barrel, a stave can also refer to one of the many narrow strips of wood or metal that are used to form the sides.
Webster Dictionary
Stavenoun
one of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc
Stavenoun
one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc
Stavenoun
a metrical portion; a stanza; a staff
Stavenoun
the five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff
Stavenoun
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
Stavenoun
to push, as with a staff; -- with off
Stavenoun
to delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project
Stavenoun
to suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask
Stavenoun
to furnish with staves or rundles
Stavenoun
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
Staveverb
to burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments
Etymology: [From Stave, n., or Staff, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stave
stāv, n. one of the pieces of which a cask is made: a staff or part of a piece of music: a stanza.—v.t. to break a stave or the staves of: to break: to burst: to drive off, as with a staff: to delay:—pa.t. and pa.p. stāved or stōve. [By-form of staff.]
Editors Contribution
stave
A line horizontal where a musical note is written.
A stave is used on musical composition paper.
Submitted by MaryC on December 22, 2019
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
STAVE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stave is ranked #41038 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Stave surname appeared 531 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stave.
89.6% or 476 total occurrences were White.
3.2% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
3% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.4% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.6% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stave in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stave in a Sentence
The Amazon is incredibly important for our future, for our ability to stave off the worst of climate change, this isn't hyperbole. We're looking at untold destruction — not just of the The Amazon but for our entire planet.
I think it's a way to stave off a sense of panic or too much alarm, knowing that there are things we can do is powerful for people in church or out of church.
I think it truly is a critical juncture for China. Can it stave off omicron?
Industry should be in communication with their counterparts in Mexico to encourage the Mexican government to work with the Administration and stave off the dangerous crisis at our southern border as quickly as possible.
It was raining the whole time, but we were able to stave off hypothermia, the trail back to the road is only 5 feet wide, so flying him was the fastest way to take the patient to the hospital without causing further injury.
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- Sprosse, Strophe, Notensystem, Vers, Notenlinien, DaubeGerman
- staloEsperanto
- estrofaSpanish
- puola, säkeistö, kävelykeppi, nuottiviivasto, lautaFinnish
- portéeFrench
- 五線Japanese
- стих, строфаMacedonian
- stavNorwegian
- notenbalk, balk, staf, vers, sport, strofeDutch
- stavNorwegian
- doagăRomanian
- клюка́, трость, по́сох, но́тный стан, нотоно́сец, шест, строфа́, па́лка, (боча́рная) [[клёпка]], стихRussian
- notsystem, notradSwedish
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