stave[verb]Synonyms: hurry, barrel, barrelhouse, bucket, bullet, haste, hasten, highball, hotfoot, hustle
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. stave1 /steɪv/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: staves]
1. the set of five lines on which music is written
2. one of the thin curved pieces of wood fitted close together to form the sides of a
barrel [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. stave2 verbstave something ↔ in phrasal verb (
past tense and past participle staved or stove /stəʊv $ stoʊv/)
to break something inwards:
The ship’s side was stove in when it went onto the rocks.stave something ↔ off phrasal verb (
past tense and past participle staved)
to keep someone or something from reaching you or affecting you for a period of time:
She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲