FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

n One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

n (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

n The five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

n A staff or walking stick

v (transitive) To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Often with in.

v (transitive) To push, as with a staff. With off.

v (transitive) To delay by force; to drive away. Often with off.

v (intransitive) To burst in pieces by strike|striking against something.

v (intransitive) To walk or move rapidly.