stave Synonyms & Antonyms
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Stave as a Noun
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; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel
A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.
The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.
A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
A staff or walking stick.
Stave as a Verb
To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
to stave in a cask
To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
To burst in pieces by striking against something.
To walk or move rapidly.
To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run
Stave in a Sentence
to stave in a cask
We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run
Word Forms & Grammar
stave (plural staves)
stave (third-person singular simple present staves, present participle staving, simple past staved or (dated) stove, past participle staved or (dated) stove or (dialectal) stoven)
Words That Rhyme With Stave
Origin of Stave
Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff.
Word Facts for Stave
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /steɪv/ |
| Meaning | One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides… |
| Plural | staves |
| Verb forms | staves, staving, staved |
Questions People Ask About Stave
Is stave a noun or a verb?
Stave is mainly used as a noun, but it can also be used as a verb.
What is the plural of stave?
The plural of stave is staves.
What is the past tense of stave?
The past tense of stave is staved. The present participle is staving.