Antonyms for stave
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : steyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : steɪv |
Definition of stave
Origin :- "piece of a barrel," 1750, back-formation from staves (late 14c.), plural of staff (cf. leaves/leaf), possibly from Old English, but not recorded there. The verb (to stave in, past tense stove) is 1590s, originally nautical, on notion of bashing in the staves of a cask and letting out the contents; stave off (1620s) is literally "keep off with a staff," as of dogs.
- verb prevent
- Here is Arnold of Sowley will troll as good a stave as any man in the Company.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Somehow, he had hoped that his father and his friends might have been able to stave off ruin.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- And she remembered her own passionate attempts to stave off despair by work.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- If I could stave off poverty no real harm could come to my child.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Jack answered by a graceful flourish of his hands, and a stave of another song.
- Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
- And how futile a thing it was to stave off discovery for a single day!
- Extract from : « Young Mr. Barter's Repentance » by David Christie Murray
- And sang a stave and drained a quart and called aloud for more.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 » by Various
- Captain Long was working to stave off the impending disaster.
- Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
- "I guess I can stave him off if he does," added Richard, confidently.
- Extract from : « In School and Out » by Oliver Optic
- It might be easy to stave them off till Mr. Bertram should be under the ground; but then—what then?
- Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for stave
- anticipate
- arrest
- avert
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counter
- counteract
- dam
- debar
- defend against
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- frustrate
- halt
- hamper
- head off
- hinder
- hold back
- hold off
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- keep lid on
- limit
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- preclude
- prohibit
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- shut out
- stave off
- stop
- thwart
- turn aside
- ward
- ward off
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