Stave
51Stave bearing — A stave bearing is a simple journal bearing where a shaft rotates in a bearing housing. Rather than the usual arrangement where the fixed part of the bearing surrounds most of the circumference of the shaft in one or two pieces, a stave bearing… …
52Stave (Krupanj) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Stave (homonymie). Stave Ставе Administration Pays …
53stave off — PHRASAL VERB If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while. [V P n (not pron)] In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution...… …
54stave something off — AVERT, prevent, avoid, counter, preclude, forestall, nip in the bud; ward off, fend off, head off, keep off, keep at bay. → stave * * * ˌstave sthˈoff derived (staved …
55Stave (homonymie) —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différentes localités partageant un même nom. Stave est un toponyme qui peut désigner : Stave, une section de la commune belge de Mettet, située en Région wallonne dans la province de Namur ;… …
56stave sth off — UK US stave sth off Phrasal Verb with stave({{}}/steɪv/ verb ► to stop something bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily: »We were hoping to stave off these difficult decisions until September …
57stave off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stave off : present tense I/you/we/they stave off he/she/it staves off present participle staving off past tense staved off past participle staved off to stop something from happening We re still trying to… …
58stave something in — BREAK IN, smash in, put a hole in, push in, kick in, cave in. → stave * * * ˌstave sthˈin derived to break or damage sth by pushing it or hitting it from the outside • The side of the boat was staved in when it hit the rocks. Main entry:… …
59stave off — transitive verb Date: 1611 1. to fend off < staving off creditors > 2. to ward off (as something adverse) ; forestall < trying to stave off disaster > …
60stave off — verb to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert He drank plenty of orange juice, hoping to stave off the cold making the rounds at the office. ,Finnish …
