staving
Because it is a word with a single syllable, staving is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofstaving
- To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.
- (usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.
Example: "to stave in a cask"
- (with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.
- (usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.
Example: "We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger."
- (rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.
- To walk or move rapidly.
- To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.
- To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.
Example: "to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run"
- A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
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