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Definitions for Stave

[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] Prosody . a verse or stanza of a poem or song. the alliterating sound in a line of verse, as the w- sound in wind in the willows.
[5] Music . staff1(def 10) .
[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 release (wine, liquor, etc.) by breaking the cask or barrel.
[8] to break or crush (something) inward (often followed by in ).
[9] to break (a hole) in, especially in the hull of a boat.
[10] to break to pieces; splinter; smash.
[11] to furnish with a stave or staves.
[12] to beat with a stave or staff.
[13] to become staved in, as a boat; break in or up.
[14] to move along rapidly.
[15] stave off , to put, ward, or keep off, as by force or evasion. to prevent in time; forestall: He wasn't able to stave off bankruptcy.
[16] any one of a number of long strips of wood joined together to form a barrel, bucket, boat hull, etc
[17] 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
[18] any stick, staff, etc
[19] a stanza or verse of a poem
[20] music British an individual group of five lines and four spaces used in staff notation another word for staff 1 (def. 9)
[21] (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 crushed
[22] (tr usually foll by in ) to burst or force (a hole in something)
[23] (tr) to provide (a ladder, chair, etc) with a stave or staves
[24] (tr) Scot to sprain (a finger, toe, etc)

Words related to Stave

thwart, avert, forestall, avoid, preclude, foil, counteract, anticipate, halt, obstruct, prohibit, forbid, obviate, restrict, hamper, check, debar, repress, arrest, restrain

Words nearby Stave

staurolite, stauropegion, stauroplegia, stauroscope, stavanger, stave, stave off, staves, stavesacre, stavropol, staw

Origin of Stave

1125–75; (noun) Middle English, back formation from staves; (v.) derivative of the noun

Other words from Stave

un·staved , adjective

Word origin for Stave

C14: back formation from staves , plural of staff 1

Synonyms for Stave

anticipate, avert, avoid, counteract, foil, forestall, halt, hold off, preclude, put an end to, rule out, thwart, ward off, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill, cool, cork, counter, dam, debar, forbid, forfend, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, limit, obstruct, obviate, prohibit, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, stop, ward, defend against, head off, hold back, keep lid on, nip in the bud, put a stop to, shut out, stave off, turn aside