stave+in
81stave\ 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… …
82stave off — drive away, repulse; stop, hinder …
83stave off — Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over, waive, shift off …
84ˌstave sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to stop something that is unpleasant from happening …
85stave wood — noun large tree of Australasia • Syn: ↑red beech, ↑brown oak, ↑booyong, ↑crow s foot, ↑silky elm, ↑Heritiera trifoliolata, ↑Terrietia trifoliolata • Hypernyms: ↑ …
86stave and tail — phrasal : to interpose with the staff in bear baiting and hold back the dog by the tail …
87stave bolt — noun : a section of a log to be cut into staves …
88stave oak — noun : white oak 1b …
89stave pipe — noun : a pipe made of wooden staves …
90stave church — noun Etymology: translation of Norwegian stavkirke : a church of medieval Nordic origin that is made of wooden staves and has gables, a cupola, and often a series of pitched roofs * * * n. a church of a type built in Norway from the 11th to the… …
