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stave in

stave in verb: to stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.

Verb

stave in (third-person singular simple present staves in, present participle staving in, simple past staved in or stove in, past participle staved in or stove in or stoven in)

  1. To stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.
    • "We'll get an axe and stave in all these barrels and the liquid will all run out", threatened the man.

stave in meaning in Kannada

stave in in Kannada

ಒಳಜಜ್ಜು, ನಗ್ಗಿಸು

Forms of stave in

third-person singular presentstaves in
present participlestaving in
paststaved in
paststove in
past participlestaved in
past participlestove in
past participlestoven in

Questions about stave in

What does stave in mean?
Stave in means to stave from the outside, to crush inward, to cause to collapse inward.
What is stave in in Kannada?
Stave in in Kannada is ಒಳಜಜ್ಜು, ನಗ್ಗಿಸು. See Stave in meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is stave in?
Stave in is a verb.
What is the past tense of stave in?
The past tense of stave in is staved in.

Words near stave in in the dictionary

  1. stavaroside
  2. stave
  3. stave acre
  4. stave church
  5. stave churches
  6. stave in
  7. stave off
  8. stave rhyme
  9. stave rhymes
  10. stave-acre
  11. stave-rhyme

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