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Meaning of stave in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.

Examples

“"We'll get an axe and stave in all these barrels and the liquid will all run out", threatened the man.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

stave off stave-rhyme stave-rhymed stave-rhymes staved staved in

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