STAVE OFF

Meaning of STAVE OFF in English

Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over, waive, shift off.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012

STAVE OFF — transitive verb Date: 1611 to fend off , to ward off (as something adverse) ; forestall
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STAVE OFF — transitive verb 1. : to beat off (an animal or person) with or as if with a staff or rod …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAVE OFF — drive away, repulse; stop, hinder
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STAVE OFF — Date: 1611 1. : to fend off staving off creditors 2. : to ward off (as something adverse) : forestall …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAVE OFF — Function: transitive verb Date: 1611 1 : to fend off < staving off creditors> 2 : to ward off (as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STAVE OFF — [stave off] vt (1624) 1: to fend off "staving off creditors" 2: to ward off (as something adverse): forestall "trying …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STAVE OFF — If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off , you succeed in stopping it happening for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAVE OFF — If you ~ something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STAVE OFF — Synonyms and related words : adjourn, anticipate, avert, bar, beat off, block, check, continue, counter, debar, defer, deflect, delay, deter, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAVE OFF — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. …
Slang English vocab
STAVE OFF — Function: verb 1 Synonyms: FEND (off), hold off, keep off, rebuff, rebut, repel, repulse, ward (off) Related Words: beat off, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STAVE OFF — verb 1. Synonyms: fend (off), hold off, keep off, rebuff, rebut, repel, repulse, ward (off) Related Word: beat off, drive …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAVE OFF — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
STAVE OFF — phr verb Stave off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ disaster
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAVE OFF — {v.}, {literary} To keep from touching or hurting you. Syn.: WARD OFF. * /The white knight struck with his sword. …
Словарь английских идиом
STAVE OFF — v. , literary To keep from touching or hurting you. Synonym: WARD OFF. The white knight struck with his sword. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
STAVE OFF — 1) предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.) We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAVE OFF — Предотвращать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STAVE OFF — phr v 1. предотвратить, отвести ( опасность ) to stave off a defeat - предотвратить поражение only the sure prospect …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAVE OFF — предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.); отбросить (противника)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STAVE OFF — phr v 1. предотвратить, отвести ( опасность ) to ~ a defeat - предотвратить поражение only the sure prospect of …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STAVE OFF — phr v 1. предотвратить, отвести ( опасность ) to stave off a defeat - предотвратить поражение only the sure prospect …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STAVE OFF — предотвращать, отвести, отбросить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STAVE OFF — предотвращать, отвести, отбросить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
STAVE OFF — 1) предотвращать, предупреждать, ( беду и т. п. ) We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STAVE OFF — 1) предотвращать, предупреждать, (беду и т. п.) We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our team. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STAVE OFF — а> предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.); We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
STAVE OFF — а. предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.); We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
STAVE OFF — предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.); отбросить (противника)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
STAVE OFF — предотвращать
English-Russian Online Dictionary
STAVE OFF — 1) предотвратить или отсрочить (бедствие и т. п.) We need another highly skilled player to stave off defeat for our …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAVE OFF — предотвращать [-вратить]
Англо-Русский словарь
STAVE — n. baston; (of barrel) doga; v. TO ~ IN: brechar
English interlingue dictionary
STAVE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, back-formation from ~s, plural of staf staff Date: 13th century staff I,1, any of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STAVE — I. ˈstāv noun ( -s ) Etymology: back-formation from staves, plural of staff (I) 1. : a wooden stick : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAVE — (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution …
Английский словарь Webster
STAVE — (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with …
Английский словарь Webster
STAVE — ( n. ) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAVE — ( n. ) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAVE — ( n. ) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAVE — /stayv/ , n. , v. , staved or stove, staving . n. 1. one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAVE — noun to furnish with staves or rundles. 2. stave ·noun to push, as with a staff; with off. 3. …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
STAVE — [stave] n [ME, back-formation fr. staves, pl. of staf staff] (13c) 1: [1]staff 1, 2 2: any of the narrow …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STAVE — stave BrE AmE steɪv ▷ staved steɪvd ▷ staves steɪvz ▷ staving ˈsteɪv ɪŋ ▷ stove stəʊv AmE \ stoʊv
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAVE — / steɪv; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a strong stick or pole : fence staves 2. ( …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAVE — I. stave 1 /steɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: staves ] 1 . the set of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAVE — n. & v. --n. 1 each of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a cask, pail, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STAVE — n. & v. n. 1 each of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a cask, pail, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STAVE — n. & v. --n. 1. each of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a cask, pail, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
STAVE — ( staves, staving, staved) 1. A stave is a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon. Many …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a gas cooker/oven/stove ▪ Gas cookers are more efficient than electric ones. potbellied stove …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAVE — off [phrasal verb] [M] - to keep (something or someone) away or stop something happening, esp. for a short timeWe …
Cambridge English vocab
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

Dictionary of English Synonyms

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