"staff" meaning in All languages combined

See staff on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /stɑːf/ Audio: en-us-staff.ogg [US] Forms: staff [singular], staffs or staves [plural]
enPR: stäf Head templates: {{noun|staff|3=staves}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The employees of a company.
    Sense id: simple-staff-en-noun-HpVq5tIk
  2. A long, straight stick that is mostly used to help people walk and is sometimes used in martial arts.
    Sense id: simple-staff-en-noun-w0Pdx5UW
  3. A staff is five lines that music is written on.
    Sense id: simple-staff-en-noun-voX3ANWL

Verb [English]

IPA: /stɑːf/ Audio: en-us-staff.ogg [US] Forms: staff [canonical], staffs [third-person, singular], staffed [past], staffed [past, participle], staffing [present, participle]
enPR: stäf Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you staff a business, you provide them with employees.
    Sense id: simple-staff-en-verb-k5k1MaIS
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