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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stave off vb - (tr, adverb) to avert or hold off (something undesirable or harmful), esp temporarily: to stave off hunger
stave /steɪv/USA pronunciation n., v., staved or stove/stoʊv/USA pronunciation stav•ing. n. [countable] - one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, etc.
- a stick, rod, or pole.
v. - stave off:
- to put off or keep off, as by force: [~ + off + object]to stave off an attack.[~ + object + off]to stave it off.
- to prevent in time;
forestall: [~ + off + object]to stave off bankruptcy.[~ + object + off]to stave it off.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stave (stāv),USA pronunciation n., v., staved or stove, stav•ing.
n. - one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- a stick, rod, pole, or the like.
- Buildinga rung of a ladder, chair, etc.
- Poetry[Pros.]
- 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.
- Music and Dancestaff1 (def. 9).
v.t. - Wineto break in a stave or staves of (a cask or barrel) so as to release the wine, liquor, or other contents.
- Wineto release (wine, liquor, etc.) by breaking the cask or barrel.
- to break or crush (something) inward (often fol. by in).
- to break (a hole) in, esp. in the hull of a boat.
- to break to pieces;
splinter;
smash. - Buildingto furnish with a stave or staves.
- to beat with a stave or staff.
v.i. - to become staved in, as a boat;
break in or up. - to move along rapidly.
- 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.
- 1125–75; (noun, nominal) Middle English, back formation from staves; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See verse.
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