Word Meanings - STAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves. (more info) 1. One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow

Additional info about word: STAVE

The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. Stave jointer, a machine for dressing the edges of staves. (more info) 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; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc. 2. One of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a ladder, etc. 3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. Let us chant a passing stave In honor of that hero brave. Wordsworth.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STAVE)

• Fence
• Circumscribe
• enclose
• protect
• elude
• parry
• stave
• Forefend
• Stave
• obviate
• prevent

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STAVE)

• Attract
• court
• draw
• invoke
• provoke

Related words: (words related to STAVE)

• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
• PARRY
  1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper. 2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. The French
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• FENCER
  One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.
• ATTRACTABILITY
  The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.
• ATTRACTILE
  Having power to attract.
• PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
  A woman who protects.
• COURTESAN
  A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton. (more info) courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• ATTRACTIVE
  1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton. 2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. "Attractive graces." Milton. "Attractive
• COURT TENNIS
  See TENNIS
• COURT-CUPBOARD
  A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.
• PROTECTORIAL
  See PROTECTORAL
• CIRCUMSCRIBE
  To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5. Syn. -- To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass. (more info) 1. to write or engare around. Thereon is
• PREVENT
  1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
• COURTEPY
  A short coat of coarse cloth. Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.
• PROTECTORLESS
  Having no protector; unprotected.
• PRELUDE
  An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• PRELUDER
  One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Mason.
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.