stave

1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

   Daube

   клёпка

   кле́пкаklépka

2. One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

   Sprosse

   па́лкаpálka, шестšest

3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

   Strophe, Vers

   строфа́strofá, стихstix

4. The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

   Notenlinien, Notensystem

   но́тный станnótnyj stan, нотоно́сецnotonósec

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

5. (rare)The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme.

6. A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.

7. A staff or walking stick.

   по́сохpósox, тростьtrostʹ, клюка́kljuká

1. The supple stave slid gracefully through the opening.

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2. I snapped a stave while bell-ringing on Monday.

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3. Give your kids peanuts when they're babies to stave off allergies.

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4. You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.

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5. A win tonight is vital to stave off the threat of relegation.

   deEin Sieg heute Abend ist wichtig, um den drohenden Abstieg abzuwenden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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