stave
/steɪv/ verb C2- To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. · to stave in a cask
- To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- To delay by force or craft; to drive away. · We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron. · to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run
He/she/it staves · Past staved · Past participle staved · -ing form staving
Verb forms
- Base form
- stave
- He/she/it
- staves
- Past
- staved
- Past participle
- staved
- -ing form
- staving
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