STAVE (SOMETHING) IN


Meaning of STAVE (SOMETHING) IN in English

stave something ↔ in phrasal verb ( past tense and past participle staved or stove /stəʊv $ stoʊv/) ( see also ↑ stave )

to break something inwards:

The ship’s side was stove in when it went onto the rocks.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.