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stave, n. 1. slat, stay, lath, rib, board; staff, crook, walking stick, alpenstock, pikestaff, cane; stick, branch, club, cudgel; rod, wand, baton; pole, shaft, beam, upright, standard; pale, paling, stake, post, picket. -v. 2. break in, crush, put a hole in, cave in, pound in, push in, press in, indent.
3. break, break to pieces, Inf. break into smithereens, smash, splinter, shiver, fracture; rip or tear apart, rive, split, rend, cleave; hack up, chop up.
4. beat, bastinado, cudgel, cane, birch, club; lay on, strike, attack, set on; whack, thump, buffet, batter, pound, pommel; trounce, Inf lambaste, scourge, thrash.
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stave off
a. ward or fend off, evade, avert, duck, dodge; avoid, shun, side-step, fence, parry, deflect, keep at bay or at arm's length; repel, repulse, rebuff, shove back or off, turn aside,
b. forestall, prevent, hinder, obviate, deter, preclude; put off, delay, postpone, defer; intercept, inhibit, stop, halt, obstruct, block, trip up; thwart, foil, frustrate, scotch, spike, end.
stay1, v. 1. remain, dwell, live, reside, sojourn, lodge, abide, inhabit, cohabit; establish oneself, pitch tent, settle, anchor, put down stakes, plant oneself.
2. continue, keep, remain, maintain, sustain, Inf. stand pat, be stable, be permanent.
3. Usu.
stay with endure, persist, persevere, perdure, last; abide, remain, continue, survive, hold on, go on, be constant, be steadfast, Inf stick it out; cling to, cleave to, hold to, remain through or during, weather; see it through, die in harness.
4. wait, linger, delay, pause, tarry; loiter, hover, lag, dawdle, loaf, trifle; mark time, take time, let the grass grow under one's feet.
5. restrain, constrain, arrest, prevent, check, curb, rein in; hamper, obstruct, block, retard, foil, impede, hinder, deter, thwart, scotch, frustrate, Inf. put the kibosh on.
6. suppress, quell, stop, halt, put down, Inf. squelch, Inf. sit on, nip in the bud, prostrate; destroy, overpower, overturn, overcome, vanquish; crush, smash, rout, upset, discomfit; put an end to, deal a deathblow to, bring to naught, break the neck or back of, stamp or trample out, make short work of; undermine, deadlock, checkmate, bring to a standstill.
7. adjourn, recess, suspend, postpone, delay, put off, interrupt, intermit; take a break, shut up shop, take time out.
8. appease, satisfy, allay, reduce, alleviate; pacify, tranquilize, compose, comfort, soothe, calm, quiet, lull, settle, stop, put at rest.
-n. 9. stop, halt, standstill; intermission, break, suspension, interval, interlude; pause, stoppage, cessation, discontinuance, desistance; rest, respite, Inf. letup, lull, reprieve, breathing spell, wait, lapse, recess, Inf time out. 10. sojourn, stopover, visit, residency, habitation; rest, repose, pause, vacation, holiday. 11. Informal, staying power, endurance, stick-to-it-iveness, perseverance.
stay2, n. 1. support, brace, prop, underprop, base, fulcrum, Archit. socle; abutment, truss, frame; bolster, bracket, mainstay, buttress, shoulder, reinforcement; beam, girder, rafter, lintel; post, pillar, upright, shaft, stanchion, strut.
-v. 2. bear, bear up, hold, hold up, truss; prop,
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