Synonym: lag, round, rung, staff, stave in. Similar words: stave off, atavism, atavistic, ave, have, wave, cave, gave. Meaning: [steɪv] 
n. 1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written 2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket 3. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair. v. 1. furnish with staves 2. burst or force (a hole) into something.
n. 1. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written 2. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket 3. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair. v. 1. furnish with staves 2. burst or force (a hole) into something. 
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61. In addition, the research method of this paper is quoteworthy for research on cooling stave.
62. Drinking a glass of water after every alcoholic beverage helps stave off drunkenness.
63. Result indicates that Sodium dehydroacetate and Calcium propionate can effectively stave mildew of bread, the more dosage is, the more effect is.
64. The novel on-line supervision technique of water temperature difference and thermal current intensity of blast furnace cooling stave based on CAN Bus is introduced. Sentencedict.com
65. Water rationing was implemented in order to stave off a water shortage.
66. One bordello, hoping to stave off falling demand in the economic crisis, has begun offering discounts to customers who pedal bicycles to the door.
67. High - yielding varieties , along with subsidized fertilizer and irrigation, have helped India stave off famine for decades.
68. In the melt deoxidize craftwork of iron-bath type, the superfluous foam can send the slag overflow the stave and destroy stably operate.
69. The two boys, young and unlettered, lingered only long enough to earn sufficient money to stave off hunger and to continue what must have seemed an endless journey.
70. The blast furnace bottom adopted high density fire-clay bricks, water cooling device, pure copper cooling stave and Ukrainian large-scale cooling modules.
71. You have had to write checks to stave off the ever - insistent claims of your creditors.
72. Two aspects realizing the self-protect ability of a blast furnace cooling system with copper stave, adherent dross capability and adherent dross condition, were mainly discussed.