Synonym: committee, crew, force, gang, group, personnel, pole, rod, scepter, stick. Similar words: affect, affair, can afford, afford to, decaffeinated, star, stand, stay. Meaning: [stæf /stɑːf] 
n. 1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task 2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school 3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5. a rod carried as a symbol 6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. v. 1. provide with staff 2. serve on the staff of.
n. 1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task 2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school 3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose 4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration 5. a rod carried as a symbol 6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written. v. 1. provide with staff 2. serve on the staff of. 
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1 Bread is the staff of life. 
2 A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
3 All the hospital staff were wonderfully supportive.
4 There are standard procedures for dismissing staff.
5 We'll be down to a skeleton staff over Christmas.
6 He refused to name the members of staff involved.
7 I drank the staff off in one gulp.
8 Staff were pilfering behind the bar.
9 We've been having trouble getting staff.
10 We employ friendly and knowledgeable staff.
11 Management and staff are at loggerheads over the plan.
12 The staff are all highly experienced.
13 New staff are trained to work without direct supervision.
14 The old man leant on a long wooden staff.
15 He countermanded his instructions to his staff officer.
16 The teaching staff of this college is excellent.
17 His father is a staff sergeant in the army.
18 The teaching staff are all highly qualified.
19 Our immediate requirement is extra staff.
20 Staff members are conversant with the issues.
21 It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
22 The staff are doing a splendid job.
23 He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative.
24 He was always leering at female members of staff.
25 There is considerable anxiety among staff about job losses.
26 There is a special discount for staff.
27 The staff are always happy to oblige.
28 Relationships between the staff and the prisoners are good.
29 He's been taking liberties with our female staff.
30 We try to treat every member of staff equally.