I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gas cooker/oven/stove
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Gas cookers are more efficient than electric ones.
potbellied stove
slave (away) over a hot stove (= cook – used humorously )
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first, the Sisters themselves tried knocking in a few nails or propping up walls with staves.
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Early casks had butt joints but later the staves were tongued and grooved.
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Many of the older men, the ones I took to be workers, carried iron staves.
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She wandered all over the stave and produced a curious counterpoint to the tune.
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The staves were subjected to heat, usually from a small fire of shavings to form them into the characteristic shape.
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The rough staves were usually imported from Scandinavia and were brought up river by barge.
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This is placed between two staves and moved to wherever you want it by using the cursor keys.
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Troops opened fire on crowds armed with iron staves and knives.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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To stave off the pangs and cool the tongue, tapas are eaten and La Ina is drunk.
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These were noises to stave off the silence into which misery might seep, noises to throw against the hardness of life.
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Bank makes last effort to stave off interest rise. 11.00am: Pound at 2.7790.
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The city has been just as quick to stave off potential security problems at its rock-walled transit center.
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To cope with this, the manager has to try and stave off time pressures without losing the momentum of gaining popularity.
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Nicklaus, who was paired with Floyd, also putted fairly well, holing six birdies to stave off two bogeys.
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Whitehall had no idea where to find the professionals who would stave off the imminent cultural vandalism of television.
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Though Saskia musters all her forces to stave off adolescence, hormones are against her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His ambition was to eat as little as possible, and in this way to stave off his hunger.
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Mr Gusinsky is seeking foreign investors to stave off Gazprom's grab.
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Otton hitched on to this ride and had so much fun that he managed to stave off the customary platoon with Kyle Wachholtz.
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Parts of the grandiose Stalin-era building were sold to casino owners to raise money to stave off closure.
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The longer you stave that off, the less time you will spend building fatigue toxins.
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The question humankind must ask is whether the balancing act the president suggests is enough to stave off global devastation.
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These were noises to stave off the silence into which misery might seep, noises to throw against the hardness of life.
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To cope with this, the manager has to try and stave off time pressures without losing the momentum of gaining popularity.