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[ steyvz ] / steɪvz /
nouna plural of staff1. plural of stave. Words nearby stavesstauroplegia, stauroscope, Stavanger, stave, stave off, staves, stavesacre, Stavropol, stavudine, staw, stay Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stavesIt is clear to you that she intends to use the staves as oars. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Italy he decides that fascism is in fact “a sort of boy scout regime; but instead of staves it carries revolvers.” The Grand Tour in Style: Robert Byron’s ‘Europe in the Looking-Glass’|Malcolm Forbes|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Another common trick is to flavor inexpensive wines with oak chips or staves. The Great Wine Cover-up|Keith Wallace|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall Hall
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall Hall If the old man had bidden his sons bind their staves in several bundles instead of in one, the result would have been doubtful. An American Politician|F. Marion Crawford Bourrit provided himself with a fourteen-foot ladder, a couple of hatchets, ropes and staves, and started with a small party. The Spell of Switzerland|Nathan Haskell Dole Our bonnets had staves in de brim to make 'em stand out and had ruffles 'round de front. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
British Dictionary definitions for staves
nouna plural of staff 1, stave Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stavesrule out, thwart, avert, forestall, avoid, preclude, foil, counteract, anticipate, halt, ward off, hold off, put an end to, obstruct, prohibit, forbid, obviate, restrict, hamper, check |