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/stəʊv//stoʊv/Definitions
A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.
A hothouse (heated greenhouse).
A house or room artificially warmed or heated.
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To heat or dry, as in a stove.
Example: to stove feathers
To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
Example: to stove orange trees
/stəʊv//stoʊv/Definitions
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.