staving

Speech parts

1. staving - Noun

2. staving - Verb

Meaning

of Stave

A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

keep prevent avoid stop ensure save eliminate minimize suppress spare refrain preclude avert smashing barring
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Antonyms

allow guide promote favor assist encourage
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Examples

Buyers are looking to try and wrestle back some near-term control after staving off a daily close under the 0.7100 handle in trading yesterday. Source: Internet

The first step to staving off King FOMO (at least for me) was recognizing this. Source: Internet

Winning in Foxborough isn’t the same achievement it used to be, but Denver deserves credit for throttling Cam Newton and staving off a potential collapse after Drew Lock threw a pair of interceptions in the fourth quarter. Source: Internet

SIMONA Halep has claimed the battle for the world No 1 crown, staving off Garbine Muguruza in a brutal French Open semi-final. Source: Internet

He noted that while richer countries had invested large amount in staving off economic disaster from the Covid-induced slump and could now see “light at the end of the tunnel”, the situation in relatively poor countries remains precarious. Source: Internet

It was my way of expanding and peopling our small unit, and staving off the occasional loneliness of solo parenting. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stavesacre stavesman stavewood Stavinoha Stavka Stavridis