verb
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To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
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(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
example
to stave in a cask
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(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
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(usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
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We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
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(rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
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To walk or move rapidly.
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To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
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To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
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to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run