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stave

N ขั้นบันได  kan-ban-dai

 

stave

VI แตก  เจาะ แตก  ทะลุ  teak

 

stave

VT ทำให้ แตก  เจาะ แตก  ทำให้ ทะลุ  tam-hai-teak

 

stave in

PHRV ทำให้ แตก  ทำให้ ทะลุ  bash in beat in crush in tam-hai-teak

 

stave off

PHRV ขจัด  กำจัด  fend off ward off ka-jad

 

stave up

PHRV เหนื่อยล้า  อ่อนแรง  เหน็ดเหนื่อย  nuai-la

 

staves

N พหูพจน์ ของ  staff หรือ  stave

 

stavesacre

N พืช พวก  Delphinium staphisagria เมล็ด มี ฤทธิ์ เป็น ยาถ่าย และ อาเจียน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAVE

n.[from staff. It has the sound of a, as in save. ] 1. A thin narrow piece of timber, of which casks are made. Staves make a considerable articles of export from New England to the West Indies.
2. A staff; a metrical portion; a part of a psalm appointed to be sung in churches.
3. In music, the five horizontal and parallel lines on which the notes of tunes are written or printed; the staff, as it is now more generally written.
To stave and tail, to part dogs by interposing a staff and by pulling the tail.

 

STAVE

v.t. pret.stove or staved; pp. id. 1. To break a hole in; to break; to burst; primarily, to thrust through with a staff; as, to stave a cask.
2. To push as with a staff; with off.
The condition of a servant staves him off to a distance.
3. To delay; as, to stave off the execution of a project.
4. To pour out; to suffer to be lost by breaking the cask.
All the wine in the city has been staved.
5. To furnish with staves or rundles. [Not in use. ]

 

STAVE

v.i.To fight with staves. [Not in use. ]

 

STAVES

plu. of staff, when applied to a stick, is pronounced with a as in ask, the Italian sound.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAVE

Stave, n. Etym: [From Staff, and corresponding to the pl. staves. See Staff. ]

 

1. 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; esp. , one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

 

2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc.

 

3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero brave. Wordsworth.

 

4. (Mus. )

 

Defn: The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. [Obs. ] Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves.

 

STAVE

Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staved or Stove (; p. pr. & vb. n.Staving. ] Etym: [From Stave, n., or Staff, n.]

 

1. To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat.

 

2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off. The condition of a servant staves him off to a distance. South.

 

3. To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project. And answered with such craft as women use, Guilty or guilties, to stave off a chance That breaks upon them perilously. Tennyson.

 

4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask. All the wine in the city has been staved. Sandys.

 

5. To furnish with staves or rundles. Knolles.

 

6. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run. To stave and tail, in bear baiting, (to stave ) to interpose with the staff, doubtless to stop the bear; (to tail ) to hold back the dog by the tail. Nares.

 

STAVE

STAVE Stave, v. i.

 

Defn: To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments. Like a vessel of glass she stove and sank. Longfellow.

 

STAVES

STAVES Staves, n.;

 

Defn: pl. of Staff. "Banners, scarves and staves. " R. Browning. Also (stavz ),

 

Defn: pl. of Stave.

 

STAVESACRE

Staves "a `cre, n. Etym: [Corrupted from NL. staphis agria, Gr. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria ), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

 

STAVEWOOD

STAVEWOOD Stave `wood `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A tall tree (Simaruba amara ) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stave

stave |stāv steɪv | noun 1 a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. any of the lengths of wood attached side by side to make a barrel, bucket, or other container. a strong wooden stick or iron pole used as a weapon. 2 Music another term for staff 1 ( sense 4 of the noun ). 3 a verse or stanza of a poem. verb [ with obj. ] 1 ( past and past participle staved or stove |stōv | ) (stave something in ) break something by forcing it inward or piercing it roughly: the door was staved in. 2 ( past and past participle staved ) (stave something off ) avert or delay something bad or dangerous: a reassuring presence can stave off a panic attack. ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from staves. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.

 

stave church

stave church noun a church of a type built in Norway from the 11th to the 13th century, the walls of which were constructed of upright planks or staves.

 

stave rhyme

stave rhyme noun [ mass noun ] alliteration, especially in old Germanic poetry.

 

stavesacre

staves a cre |ˈstāvzˌākər ˈsteɪvzeɪkər | noun a southern European larkspur whose seeds were formerly used as an insecticide. [Delphinium staphisagria, family Ranunculaceae. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek staphis agria wild raisin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

stave

stave |steɪv | noun 1 a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure. any of the lengths of wood fixed side by side to make a barrel, bucket, or other container. a strong wooden stick or iron pole used as a weapon. 2 (also staff ) Music, Brit. a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch. 3 a verse or stanza of a poem. verb [ with obj. ] 1 ( past and past participle staved or stove |stəʊv | ) (stave something in ) break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly: the door was staved in. 2 ( past and past participle staved ) (stave something off ) avert or delay something bad or dangerous: a reassuring presence can stave off a panic attack. ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff 1. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th cent.

 

stave church

stave church noun a church of a type built in Norway from the 11th to the 13th century, the walls of which were constructed of upright planks or staves.

 

stave rhyme

stave rhyme noun [ mass noun ] alliteration, especially in old Germanic poetry.

 

stavesacre

stavesacre |ˈsteɪvˌzeɪkə | noun a southern European larkspur whose seeds were formerly used as an insecticide. Delphinium staphisagria, family Ranunculaceae. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek staphis agria wild raisin .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

stave

stave verb PHRASES stave off here, eat some crackers to stave off your hunger: avert, prevent, avoid, counter, preclude, forestall, nip in the bud; ward off, fend off, head off, keep off, keep at bay.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stave

stave verb 1 the ship had been driven aground, her hull staved in : break in, smash in, put a hole in, push in, kick in, cave in, splinter, shiver, fracture. 2 the government is introducing emergency measures to stave off a crisis: avert, prevent, avoid, preclude, rule out, counter, forestall, nip in the bud; ward off, fend off, head off, keep off, keep at bay.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stave

stave /steɪv /名詞 C 1 (たる おけの )側板 .2 棒 (staff ), さお .3 ⦅主に英 ⦆〘楽 〙五線 (譜表 )(staff ).動詞 s ; d ; stove /stoʊv /; staving 他動詞 …を (内側に )壊す, 陥没させる, 〈船など 〉に穴をあける (in ).自動詞 壊れる, 陥没する, 穴があく (in ).st ve A ff [ff A ]A 〈人 物 〉を (一定期間 )阻止する, 防ぐ, かわす (!過去形 過去分詞はstaved ) .

 

staves

staves /steɪvz /名詞 staff, staveの複数形 .