STAVE OFF

Meaning of STAVE OFF in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1611

1 : to fend off < staving off creditors>

2 : to ward off (as something adverse) : FORESTALL <trying to stave off disaster>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 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 — [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 — Defer, delay, postpone, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, lay over, let lie over, waive, shift off.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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