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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   stave
       n 1: (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the
            musical notes are written [syn: staff, stave]
       2: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
          barrel or bucket [syn: stave, lag]
       3: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung,
          round, stave]
       v 1: furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"
       2: burst or force (a hole) into something [syn: stave, stave
    in]