stave

noun

/steɪv/

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a strong stick or pole
- fence staves
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(also staff)
(music) a set of five lines on which music is written

Word OriginMiddle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.

verb

/steɪv/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they stave	/steɪv/ /steɪv/
he / she / it staves	/steɪvz/ /steɪvz/
past simple staved	/steɪvd/ /steɪvd/
past participle staved	/steɪvd/ /steɪvd/
past simple stove	/stəʊv/ /stəʊv/
past participle stove	/stəʊv/ /stəʊv/
-ing form staving	/ˈsteɪvɪŋ/ /ˈsteɪvɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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Word OriginMiddle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.