n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: staved or stove \ ' st ō v \ ; stav · ing
Date: circa 1595
transitive verb
1 : to break in the staves of (a cask)
2 : to smash a hole in < stove in the boat> also : to crush or break inward < staved in several ribs>
3 : to drive or thrust away
intransitive verb
1 archaic : to become stove in ― used of a boat or ship
2 : to walk or move rapidly