a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure

to support all this, an intricate system of beams and additional staves became necessary

a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch

above the stave are the signs indicating the rhythm

imagine an eight bar phrase written on a stave

a verse or stanza of a poem

she sang these three staves

break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly

the door was staved in

avert or delay something bad or dangerous

a reassuring presence can stave off a panic attack