Definitions
1.noun(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
2.noun(plural staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
3.noun(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business."The company employed 10 new members of staff this month."
4.nounA mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.W
5.nounA pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office."a constable's staff"
6.nounA pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
7.nounThe rung of a ladder.
8.nounA series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
9.nounAn arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
10.nounThe grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
11.nounAn establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.