staved

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• Staved — Stave Stave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staved} (st[=a]vd) or {Stove} (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. {Staving}.] [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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• staved — ˈstāvd adjective : equipped with or made of staves the staved wooden tub Merle Constiner …   Useful english dictionary

• staved — steɪv n. thin strip of wood used to form the sides of a barrel or other similar structure; stick or staff; rung of a ladder or chair; set of verses in a poem or song; group of 5 horizontal lines and the 4 spaces between them on which music is… …   English contemporary dictionary

• stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• stave off — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. The black knight staved it off with his own sword./ * /Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold./ * /They staved off starvation by… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Cuisine of Iceland — Important parts of Icelandic cuisine are fish, being in an area where fish is plentiful, lamb and dairy. Popular foods in Iceland include skyr, hangikjöt (smoked lamb), kleinur, laufabrauð and bollur. Þorramatur is a traditional buffet served at… …   Wikipedia

• Icelandic cuisine — A fisherman s hut in Reykjavík in 1835 with fish hung outside for drying. Wind dried fish remains popular in Iceland Important parts of Icelandic cuisine are lamb, dairy, and fish, due to Iceland s proximity to the ocean. Popular foods in Iceland …   Wikipedia

• stave\ off — v literary To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: ward off The white knight struck with his sword. the black knight staved it off with his own sword. Bill s warm new coal staved off the cold. They staved off starvation by eating two of the… …   Словарь американских идиом

• stave — 1 noun (C) 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 1 (1) 2 verb stave in phrasal verb past tense and past participle staved or stove (I, T) to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stave in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stave in : present tense I/you/we/they stave in he/she/it staves in present participle staving in past tense staved in past participle staved in to break something inwards The side of the car was staved in… …   English dictionary

• stave in — verb 1. break in the staves (of) stave in a cask • Hypernyms: ↑break in • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. burst or force (a hole) into something …   Useful english dictionary