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. James Cavallaro:

   We are working very hard to stave off this crisis.

2. Ed Quinto:

   It was raining the whole time, but we were able to stave off hypothermia, the trail back to the road is only 5 feet wide, so flying him was the fastest way to take the patient to the hospital without causing further injury.

3. India Walton:

   I won the Democratic primary. I won because I worked hard. I won because people are ready for change. I won because Democrats turned out and voted for me, but we have corporate Democrats who are so desperate to cling to what little power they have left and stave off the progressive wing of our party.

4. Jonah Blank:

   Iran backs Shi’a groups and Saudi Arabia backs ones that adhere to Saudi Arabia own strain of Sunni Muslims doctrine, iran sees this as a largely defensive operation – protecting co-religionists against a violent onslaught that the Pakistan state is unwilling or unable to stave off.

5. 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.