Definitions
1.verbTo fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
2.verb(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst."to stave in a cask"
3.verb(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
4.verb(usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away."We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."
5.verb(rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
6.verbTo walk or move rapidly.
7.verbTo suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
8.verbTo render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron."to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run"
9.nounA casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.