Synonyms for stave
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1. staveverb

   Synonyms:
   parry, fend, forefend

   Antonyms:
   attract, court, draw, invoke, provoke

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1. staff, stavenoun

   (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

   Synonyms:
   round, staff, rung, faculty, lag

2. stave, lagnoun

   one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

   Synonyms:
   rung, meantime, round, interim, slowdown, meanwhile, staff, lag, retardation

3. rung, round, staveverb

   a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

   Synonyms:
   turn, lag, beat, rung, round of drinks, unit of ammunition, daily round, round, circle, rhythm, one shot, round of golf, cycle, troll, spoke, rundle, staff, bout

4. staveverb

   furnish with staves

   "stave a ladder"

   Synonyms:
   stave in

5. stave, stave inverb

   burst or force (a hole) into something

   Synonyms:
   stave in

Matched Categories

1. • Burst
   • Equip
   • Music
   • Musical Notation
   • Slat

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1. stavenoun

   Synonyms:
   stanza, verse, staff

2. staveverb

   Synonyms:
   burst, break a hole in, stave in

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1. Nile Gardiner:

   Airstrikes are only a limited means of warfare -- eventually you are going to need, I believe, a U.S. ground presence in order to defeat ISIS, airstrikes are very limited in their capacity … in order to stave off the ISIS threat; we have to have a strategy for victory, not containment.

2. James Cavallaro:

   We are working very hard to stave off this crisis.

3. State John Kerry:

   I think that we probably all recognize that an awful lot of the world, most of the world, doesn't know this meeting is taking place, but the truth is our goal for these talks, amending the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, is one of the single most important unitary steps that we could possibly take at this moment to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.

4. White House:

   Industry should be in communication with their counterparts in Mexico to encourage the Mexican government to work with the Administration and stave off the dangerous crisis at our southern border as quickly as possible.

5. Dana Varble:

   Too often, pet owners think their dogs are just' slowing down' and don't realize there are things they can do to ease, slow or even stave off cognitive decline as dogs age, studies show that mental activity and exercise are important for a dog's mental well-being just as it is in humans. Stimulating the brain is important and this can be done easily with food puzzles for example.