Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 62669 6880144 2009-06-24T23:36:40Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations ==English== ===Etymology=== {{back-form|staves|nodot=9}}, the plural of {{term|staff}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|stāv}}, {{IPA|/steɪv/}}, {{SAMPA|/steIv/}} * {{rhymes|eɪv}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # One of a number of narrow [[strip]]s of wood, or narrow iron [[plate]]s, 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. # One of the bars or [[round]]s of a [[rack]], a [[ladder]], etc; one of the cylindrical [[bar]]s of a [[lantern wheel]] # A [[metrical]] portion; a [[stanza]]; a [[staff]]. # The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the [[staff]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|строфа|f|tr=strófa|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|стих|m|tr=stih|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: [[строфа]] {{f}}, [[стих]] {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * German: [[Daube]] {{f}} (1), [[Sprosse]] {{f}} (2), [[Strophe]] {{f}} (3), [[Vers]] {{m}} (3), [[Notenlinien]] {{f|p}} (4) * French: [[portée]] {{f}} (4) {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|staves|staving|'''[[stove]] '''or''' [[staved]]'''}} # {{transitive}} To [[break]] in the staves of; to break a hole in; to [[burst]]. Often with ''in''. # {{transitive}} To [[push]], as with a [[staff]]. With ''off''. # {{transitive}} To [[delay]] by [[force]]; to [[drive]] [[away]]. Often with ''off''. # {{intransitive}} To [[burst]] in [[piece]]s by [[strike|striking]] against something. ====Derived terms==== * [[stave in]] * [[stave off]] [[fa:stave]] [[fr:stave]] [[io:stave]] [[hu:stave]] [[pl:stave]] [[ru:stave]] [[fi:stave]] [[ta:stave]] [[te:stave]] [[vi:stave]] [[uk:stave]]