Solo quedan 4 consultas gratuitas
Lengua inglesa
stave
noun
1 any of the vertical wooden strips that are joined together to form a barrel, tub, boat hull, etc.
2 any bar, rod, shaft, etc, especially a wooden one, eg a rung on a ladder.
3 music a staff ( noun 6).
4 a verse of a poem or song.
verb (staved or stove , staving )
1 (often stave in)
a to smash (a hole, etc in something) The door was staved in ;
b to break (a stave or the staves of a barrel or boat).
2 (in this sense past tense only staved ) ( often stave off)
a to delay the onset of something tried to stave off his downfall by calling an election ;
b to ward off something staved her hunger with an apple .
3 to fit or repair with staves.
4 Scot to accidently bend back (a finger or toe) and injure the joint at its base staved her finger playing netball .
[14c: a back-formation from staves , a plural of staff]
noun
1 any of the vertical wooden strips that are joined together to form a barrel, tub, boat hull, etc.
2 any bar, rod, shaft, etc, especially a wooden one, eg a rung on a ladder.
3 music a staff ( noun 6).
4 a verse of a poem or song.
verb (staved or stove , staving )
1 (often stave in)
a to smash (a hole, etc in something) The door was staved in ;
b to break (a stave or the staves of a barrel or boat).
2 (in this sense past tense only staved ) ( often stave off)
a to delay the onset of something tried to stave off his downfall by calling an election ;
b to ward off something staved her hunger with an apple .
3 to fit or repair with staves.
4 Scot to accidently bend back (a finger or toe) and injure the joint at its base staved her finger playing netball .
[14c: a back-formation from staves , a plural of staff]
© Hodder Education
Palabras más buscadas
Descubre las palabras más buscadas por usuarios como tú
transigencia
transigencia
1 s. f. Condición o actitud transigente o tolerante .
EJEMPLO: con...
infame
infame
(Del lat. infamis .)
1 adj./ s. Se refiere a la persona o la acción que son...
flogosis
flogosis
(Del gr. phlogosis .)
s. f. MEDICINA Alteración patológica en una parte...
vaivén
vaivén
1 s. m. Movimiento alternativo de un cuerpo en dos sentidos opuestos a modo de balanceo u...
