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    [Noun]  | "staff" | \ ˈstaf \


    1: a long stick carried in the hand for support in walking

    2: a supporting rod: such as

    3: shaft

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English staf, from Old English stæf; akin to Old High German stab staff, Sanskrit stabhnāti he supports;

    [Noun]  | "stave" | \ ˈstāv \


    1: any of the narrow strips of wood or narrow iron plates placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel (such as a barrel) or structure

    2: staff

    3: staff

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, back-formation from staves, plural of staf staff;

    [Verb]  | "stave" 


    1: to smash a hole in; also : to crush or break inward

    2: to break in the staves of (a cask)

    3: to drive or thrust away

    Origin: circa 1595 ;

    [Verb]  | "stave off" 


    1: to fend off

    2: to ward off (something adverse) : forestall

    Origin: 1611 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "staff of As*cle*pi*us" | \ -ˌa-ˈsklē-pē-əs \


    1: a conventionalized representation of a staff branched at the top with a single snake twined around it that is used as a symbol of medicine and as the official insignia of the American Medical Association —called also rod of Asclepius, rod of Aesculapius

    Origin: 1673 ;

     After Aesculapius, Greco-Roman god of medicine, from Latin, from Greek Asklēpios;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "stave in" 


    1: to be broken or crushed inward or to break or crush (something) inward

    [Noun]  | "staffs" 


    1: a body of persons at work or available for work;


      * e.g., " ... we're working with a short staff at the office today "



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    2: a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment;


      * e.g., " ... carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night "



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    [Noun]  | "staff" 


    1: a body of persons at work or available for work;


      * e.g., " ... we're working with a short staff at the office today "



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    2: a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment;


      * e.g., " ... carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night "



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    [Verb]  | "staves off" 


    1: to drive back;


      * e.g., " ... managed to stave off the invaders "



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    2: to keep from happening by taking action in advance;


      * e.g., " ... the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies "



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    [Verb]  | "stave off" 


    1: to drive back;


      * e.g., " ... managed to stave off the invaders "



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    2: to keep from happening by taking action in advance;


      * e.g., " ... the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies "



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     [ "stavee" ]

    1: TRUE, cool, gravy, straight, right

      * e.g.,  ... person #1: "dude that movie was awesome" 

     [ "stave" ]

    1: verb, meaning to damage, dent, scratch, scuff, etc. used in maine. past tense stove.

      * e.g.,  ... if your not careful you could stave up your face with that chain saw. junior went off the road the other night and stove up the the truck. 

     [ "Staved" ]

    1: When you’ve been fucked so good by a man you cannot get him off of your mind and it’s difficult to return back to normal life.

      * e.g.,  ... Spent two days with dude now I’m totally staved. 

     [ "Stave" ]

    1: Stave is a combination of brave and strong.It simply means that you are brave and strong

      * e.g.,  ... I can’t believe she did that she is so Stave 

     [ "Stave" ]

    1: to be crushed within

      * e.g.,  ... The waffle iron staved my fingers...again. 

     [ "Staving" ]

    1: To be drunk but still sensible at the same time. origonated in scotland i think

      * e.g.,  ... boss: Is it okay if you can fill in for bob tonight becuase he hasnt turned up? 

     [ "stave" ]

    1: (verb)

      * e.g.,  ... Stave it off. 1, 2, And now you can count to three. 

     [ "stave" ]

    2: To sing until Jim Croce appears in Homsar's stupid kids show.

     [ "Stave" ]

    1: Stave is a seedy man. He owns a smelly pencil case. He enjoys computer games and forever bulking. He has a watch that matches his cellphone. In his own words he is: "fun, loving, cute, understanding". He likes to walk on his hands.

      * e.g.,  ... He is so stave. 

     [ "stave" ]

    1: a nasty sounding word, like stank

      * e.g.,  ... gotta stave off that stank, like cutting diamonds with diamonds! 

     [ "stave shaver" ]

    1: Istrumental implement/tool used by the Old Man in Fraggle Rock, for the purpose of Barrel-Scraping. The task of Barrel-scraping is impossible without the aforementioned tool/implement.

      * e.g.,  ... "You don't get the bone until you find me my stave shaver," 

     [ "stave shaver" ]

    2:  Tool used to make percussive music on the hardhats of Doozers by Fraggles.

      * e.g.,  ... -Old Man 

     [ "stave shaver" ]

    3:  A tool that reminds you of nineteenth century torture devices designed to rid females of their hysteria

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