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staved in

staved in is the simple past and past participle of stave in.

Meaning of stave in

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.

Questions about staved in

What is staved in the simple past and past participle of?
Staved in is the simple past and past participle of stave in.

Words near staved in in the dictionary

  1. stave-acre
  2. stave-rhyme
  3. stave-rhymed
  4. stave-rhymes
  5. staved
  6. staved in
  7. staved off
  8. staveless
  9. Staveley
  10. Staveley-in-Cartmel
  11. Staveleys

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