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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈstavɛ]
Head templates: {{head|cs|noun form}} stave
  1. vocative singular of stav Tags: form-of, singular, vocative Form of: stav
    Sense id: en-stave-cs-noun-6-e-YoF~ Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

IPA: /steɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stave.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stave.wav Forms: staves [plural]
enPR: stāv Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-}}, {{back-form|en|staves}} Back-formation from staves Head templates: {{en-noun}} stave (plural staves)
  1. 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; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc. Translations (narrow strip, a part of a vessel): дъга (dǎga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), doga [feminine] (Catalan), 桶板 (Chinese Mandarin), dužina [feminine] (Czech), lauta (Finnish), douve [feminine] (French), doela [feminine] (Galician), leiva [feminine] (Galician), Daube [feminine] (German), donga (Hungarian), doga [feminine] (Italian), дага (daga) [feminine] (Macedonian), شندره (şendere, şindere) (Ottoman Turkish), aduela [feminine] (Portuguese), doagă [feminine] (Romanian), клёпка (alt: боча́рная) [feminine] (Russian), duga [feminine] (Sicilian), duela [feminine] (Spanish), tunnstav [common-gender] (Swedish), lagg [common-gender] (Swedish), кле́пка (klépka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dóa [feminine] (Venetan)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-en:strip_for_sides_of_vessel_such_as_barrel Disambiguation of 'narrow strip, a part of a vessel': 87 0 13 0 0 0 0
  2. One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel Translations (bar): (tiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), (bàng) (Chinese Mandarin), tyčka [feminine] (Czech), tyč [feminine] (Czech), hůl [feminine] (Czech), sport [common-gender] (Dutch), puola (Finnish), fuseau [masculine] (French), banzo [masculine] (Galician), Sprosse [feminine] (German), rúd (Hungarian), piolo [masculine] (Italian), па́лка (pálka) [feminine] (Russian), шест (šest) [masculine] (Russian), duga [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-eF8v~CwZ Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 6 10 2 3 9 5 2 6 2 18 2 15 1 3 14 Disambiguation of 'bar': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (metrical portion; stanza; staff): строфа (strofa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), (jié) (Chinese Mandarin), (duàn) (Chinese Mandarin), verš [masculine] (Czech), strofa [feminine] (Czech), strofe [feminine] (Dutch), vers [neuter] (Dutch), säkeistö (Finnish), strophe [feminine] (French), Strophe [feminine] (German), Vers [masculine] (German), strofa [feminine] (Italian), строфа (strofa) [feminine] (Macedonian), стих (stih) [masculine] (Macedonian), doagă (Romanian), строфа́ (strofá) [feminine] (Russian), стих (stix) [masculine] (Russian), estrofa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-1iLwk2ze Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'metrical portion; stanza; staff': 1 2 65 16 5 2 9
  4. (music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff. Categories (topical): Music Translations (parallel lines to write music on): հնգագիծ (hngagic) (Armenian), петолиние (petolinie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 譜表 (Chinese Mandarin), 谱表 (pǔbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 五線譜 (Chinese Mandarin), 五线谱 (wǔxiànpǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), notová osnova [feminine] (Czech), balk [masculine] (Dutch), notenbalk [masculine] (Dutch), nuottiviivasto (Finnish), portée [feminine] (French), Notenlinien [feminine, plural] (German), Notensystem [neuter] (German), kottavonal (Hungarian), balok not (Indonesian), notenbalk (Indonesian), paranada (Indonesian), sangkar nada (Indonesian), pentagramma (Italian), 五線 (gosen) (alt: ごせん) (Japanese), tārawa (Maori), но́тный стан (nótnyj stan) [masculine] (Russian), нотоно́сец (notonósec) [masculine] (Russian), pentagrama [masculine] (Spanish), notrad [common-gender] (Swedish), notsystem [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-A2t6JRUu Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'parallel lines to write music on': 4 4 7 67 8 2 8
  5. (poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Poetry
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-2636X76H Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  6. A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic.
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-5Xc3jDWx Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 10 7 3 7 14 2 4 2 15 5 12 1 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 9 6 5 9 13 3 4 2 15 2 12 1 7 10
  7. A staff or walking stick. Translations (walking stick): 拐杖 (guǎizhàng) (Chinese Mandarin), hůlka [feminine] (Czech), staf [masculine] (Dutch), sauva (Finnish), kävelykeppi (Finnish), bâton [masculine] (French), caxato [masculine] (Galician), pálca (Hungarian), stav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), по́сох (pósox) [masculine] (Russian), трость (trostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), клюка́ (kljuká) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-noun-N0zruYZ0 Disambiguation of 'walking stick': 2 1 9 9 2 1 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bookstave, Jedburgh stave, quarter-stave, runestave, stave-acre, stave acre, stave church, stave-rhyme, stave rhyme, wring-stave

Verb [English]

IPA: /steɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stave.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stave.wav Forms: staves [present, singular, third-person], staving [participle, present], staved [past], stove [past], staved [participle, past], stove [participle, past], stoven [participle, past]
enPR: stāv Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stebʰ-}}, {{back-form|en|staves}} Back-formation from staves Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=stove|past_ptc2=stove|past_ptc3=stoven}} stave (third-person singular simple present staves, present participle staving, simple past staved or stove, past participle staved or stove or stoven)
  1. (transitive) To fit or furnish with staves or rundles. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-2sz4iEwL
  2. (transitive, usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Tags: transitive, usually Translations (break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst): пробивам (probivam) (Bulgarian), komeme (Maori)
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-RvHc7Wyz Disambiguation of 'break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst': 2 87 2 1 6 0 2 1
  3. (transitive, with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-fTb1J-tt Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 6 10 2 3 9 5 2 6 2 18 2 15 1 3 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 11 2 3 9 6 2 6 1 19 2 15 1 3 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 15 2 1 5 3 2 4 2 27 2 21 1 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 11 2 2 9 6 2 6 2 19 2 15 1 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 12 1 1 9 6 1 7 1 21 1 17 1 2 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 9 5 3 9 13 2 4 2 17 2 13 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 11 5 3 8 11 3 5 2 17 2 14 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 10 4 3 8 11 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 10 5 4 8 12 2 4 2 17 2 13 1 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 10 3 3 6 4 3 6 4 20 4 16 2 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 12 3 4 6 4 3 6 3 19 4 15 2 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 10 4 3 8 10 3 5 2 19 2 15 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 11 2 3 7 5 3 5 2 24 2 15 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 10 7 3 7 14 2 4 2 15 5 12 1 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 11 2 3 7 5 2 6 2 22 2 17 2 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 11 2 3 7 5 2 6 2 22 2 17 2 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 11 5 5 8 8 2 5 2 18 3 14 1 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 4 10 4 3 8 10 3 5 2 19 2 15 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 17 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 9 6 5 9 13 3 4 2 15 2 12 1 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 10 4 4 8 12 2 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 11 2 3 7 5 2 6 2 22 2 17 2 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 4 10 4 3 8 11 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 10 3 2 9 4 2 6 3 20 3 16 2 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 10 4 2 8 12 2 5 2 22 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 10 4 3 8 12 3 5 2 18 2 14 1 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 4 12 2 2 9 6 1 5 2 21 2 16 1 3 12
  4. (transitive, usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away. Tags: transitive, usually
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-CNOXZqJe
  5. (intransitive, rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something. Tags: archaic, intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-eMaIQtvf Categories (other): English back-formations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 6 10 2 3 9 5 2 6 2 18 2 15 1 3 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 10 7 3 7 14 2 4 2 15 5 12 1 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 9 6 5 9 13 3 4 2 15 2 12 1 7 10
  6. (intransitive, dated or dialect) To walk or move rapidly. Tags: dated, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-gf~xCXWo
  7. To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-WEGQSGND
  8. To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
    Sense id: en-stave-en-verb-bNuvhp9y Categories (other): English back-formations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 6 10 2 3 9 5 2 6 2 18 2 15 1 3 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 10 7 3 7 14 2 4 2 15 5 12 1 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 3 9 6 5 9 13 3 4 2 15 2 12 1 7 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stave in, stave off

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} stave
  1. Alternative form of staf Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: staf
    Sense id: en-stave-enm-noun-1yKr1nTu Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: stav [imperative], staver [present], stava [participle, past], stava [past], stavet [participle, past], stavet [past], stavende [participle, present]
Etymology: From Old Norse stafa. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|stafa}} Old Norse stafa Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|stav|present tense|staver|simple past and past participle|stava|or|stavet|present participle|stavende}} stave (imperative stav, present tense staver, simple past and past participle stava or stavet, present participle stavende)
  1. to spell (words) Derived forms: stavefeil, stavekontroll, stavemåte

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bookstave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Jedburgh stave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quarter-stave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "runestave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stave-acre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stave acre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stave church"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stave-rhyme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stave rhyme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "wring-stave"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stebʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "staves"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from staves",
      "name": "back-form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from staves, the plural of staff.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "staves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stave (plural staves)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 5:8:",
          "text": "For the Cherubims ſpread foorth their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the ſtaues thereof, aboue.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-stave-en-noun-en:strip_for_sides_of_vessel_such_as_barrel",
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "cask",
          "cask"
        ],
        [
          "barrel",
          "barrel"
        ],
        [
          "pail",
          "pail"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dǎga",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дъга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "doga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "word": "桶板"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dužina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "word": "lauta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "douve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "leiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Daube"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "word": "donga"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "daga",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дага"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "şendere, şindere",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "word": "شندره"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aduela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doagă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "боча́рная",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "клёпка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "duga"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "duela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tunnstav"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "lagg"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "klépka",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кле́пка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 0 13 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetan",
          "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dóa"
        }
      ]
    },
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        }
      ],
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        "One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel"
      ],
      "id": "en-stave-en-noun-eF8v~CwZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "rack",
          "rack"
        ],
        [
          "rung",
          "rung"
        ],
        [
          "ladder",
          "ladder"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "lantern wheel",
          "lantern wheel"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tiáo",
          "sense": "bar",
          "word": "条"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bàng",
          "sense": "bar",
          "word": "棒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "bar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tyčka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "bar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tyč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "bar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hůl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "bar",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sport"
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          ],
          "word": "portée"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 4 7 67 8 2 8",
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
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            "plural"
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          "_dis1": "4 4 7 67 8 2 8",
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          "word": "kottavonal"
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
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          "word": "sangkar nada"
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        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
          "word": "pentagramma"
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        {
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
          "word": "tārawa"
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          "_dis1": "4 4 7 67 8 2 8",
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "notrad"
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        {
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          "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
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            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
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          "ref": "1874, Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, page 73:",
          "text": "Ley, in his work on the Metrical Forms of Hebrew Poetry, 1866, has taken too little notice of these frequently occurring alliteration staves; Lagarde communicated to me (8th Sept. 1846) his view of the stave-rhyme in the Book[…]",
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          "ref": "1974, John Collins Pope, Old English Studies in Honour of John C. Pope, page 193:",
          "text": "[The] stave that binds the two halves of the line together the on-verse must be classified as D in spite of the f-stave . . stave-rhyme (OED s.v. Stave sb.)",
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        {
          "ref": "1975, Studies in Medieval Culture, page 11:",
          "text": "... consisting only of the two staves, folches . . . fehta. […] Line 63 contains the two-stave rhyme, aerist ... asckim; the suggested reduplicative rhyme [...] is technically doubtful according to the standards we have[…]",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Studia musicologica Norvegica:",
          "text": "This may seem sparse and incomplete, but is reminiscent of the Old Norse stave rhyme technique in which one avoided two alliterating staves in one dipod – which the poets of that time considered superfluous.",
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          "sense": "walking stick",
          "word": "sauva"
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          "sense": "walking stick",
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          "sense": "walking stick",
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          "sense": "walking stick",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "трость"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 9 9 2 1 76",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kljuká",
          "sense": "walking stick",
          "tags": [
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        "5": "present tense",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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          "word": "stavefeil"
        },
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          "word": "stavekontroll"
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          "word": "stavemåte"
        }
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        "to spell (words)"
      ],
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        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ]
    }
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}
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Czech entries with incorrect language header",
        "Czech non-lemma forms",
        "Czech noun forms",
        "Czech terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "stav",
          "stav#Czech"
        ]
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        "form-of",
        "singular",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstavɛ]"
    }
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪv",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪv/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Venetan translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bookstave"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jedburgh stave"
    },
    {
      "word": "quarter-stave"
    },
    {
      "word": "runestave"
    },
    {
      "word": "stave-acre"
    },
    {
      "word": "stave acre"
    },
    {
      "word": "stave church"
    },
    {
      "word": "stave-rhyme"
    },
    {
      "word": "stave rhyme"
    },
    {
      "word": "wring-stave"
    }
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "staves"
      },
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        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 5:8:",
          "text": "For the Cherubims ſpread foorth their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke and the ſtaues thereof, aboue.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "cask",
          "cask"
        ],
        [
          "barrel",
          "barrel"
        ],
        [
          "pail",
          "pail"
        ]
      ],
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        "en:strip for sides of vessel such as barrel"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "round",
          "round"
        ],
        [
          "rack",
          "rack"
        ],
        [
          "rung",
          "rung"
        ],
        [
          "ladder",
          "ladder"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "lantern wheel",
          "lantern wheel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Poetry"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1815, William Wordsworth, Rob Roy's Grave:",
          "text": "Let us chaunt a passing stave / In honour of that hero brave.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "metrical",
          "metrical"
        ],
        [
          "stanza",
          "stanza"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "en:Poetry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1874, Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, page 73:",
          "text": "Ley, in his work on the Metrical Forms of Hebrew Poetry, 1866, has taken too little notice of these frequently occurring alliteration staves; Lagarde communicated to me (8th Sept. 1846) his view of the stave-rhyme in the Book[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, John Collins Pope, Old English Studies in Honour of John C. Pope, page 193:",
          "text": "[The] stave that binds the two halves of the line together the on-verse must be classified as D in spite of the f-stave . . stave-rhyme (OED s.v. Stave sb.)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Studies in Medieval Culture, page 11:",
          "text": "... consisting only of the two staves, folches . . . fehta. […] Line 63 contains the two-stave rhyme, aerist ... asckim; the suggested reduplicative rhyme [...] is technically doubtful according to the standards we have[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Studia musicologica Norvegica:",
          "text": "This may seem sparse and incomplete, but is reminiscent of the Old Norse stave rhyme technique in which one avoided two alliterating staves in one dipod – which the poets of that time considered superfluous.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetry",
          "poetry"
        ],
        [
          "stave-rhyme",
          "stave-rhyme"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetry, rare) The initial consonant, consonant cluster, or vowel of a word which rhymes with another word with the same consonant or vowel in stave-rhyme."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "poetry",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A sign, symbol or sigil, including rune or rune-like characters, used in Icelandic magic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "sigil",
          "sigil"
        ],
        [
          "rune",
          "rune"
        ],
        [
          "Icelandic",
          "Icelandic"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A staff or walking stick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "walking stick",
          "walking stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "stāv"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/steɪv/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪv"
    },
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    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎga",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дъга"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "word": "桶板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dužina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "word": "lauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "douve"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doela"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Daube"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "word": "donga"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "daga",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дага"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "şendere, şindere",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "word": "شندره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aduela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doagă"
    },
    {
      "alt": "боча́рная",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "клёпка"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tunnstav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lagg"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klépka",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кле́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "narrow strip, a part of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dóa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiáo",
      "sense": "bar",
      "word": "条"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bàng",
      "sense": "bar",
      "word": "棒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyčka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tyč"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hůl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sport"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bar",
      "word": "puola"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuseau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bar",
      "word": "rúd"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pálka",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "па́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šest",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шест"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "bar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "duga"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "strofa",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "строфа"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jié",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "word": "节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duàn",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "word": "段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verš"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strofe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vers"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "word": "säkeistö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strophe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Strophe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vers"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strofa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "strofa",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "строфа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stih",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стих"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "word": "doagă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strofá",
      "sense": "metrical portion; stanza; staff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "строфа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stix",
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      "sense": "parallel lines to write music on",
      "word": "հնգագիծ"
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        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål verbs",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spell (words)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spell",
          "spell"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stave"
}

Download raw JSONL data for stave meaning in All languages combined (29.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (bočárnaja) kljópka vs. боча́рная",
  "path": [
    "stave"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "stave",
  "trace": ""
}

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