stove

A2
Pronunciation
/stəʊv/
/stoʊv/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.

2 Definition

A device for heating food, (UK) a cooker.

3 Definition

A hothouse (heated greenhouse).

4 Definition

A house or room artificially warmed or heated.

Verb
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

To heat or dry, as in a stove.

Example Sentences
  • to stove feathers
2 Definition

To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.

Example Sentences
  • to stove orange trees
3 Definition

To fit or furnish with staves or rundles.

4 Definition

(usually with 'in') To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst.

Example Sentences
  • to stave in a cask
5 Definition

(with 'off') To push, or keep off, as with a staff.

6 Definition

(usually with 'off') To delay by force or craft; to drive away.

Example Sentences
  • We ate grass in an attempt to stave off our hunger.
7 Definition

(rare or archaic) To burst in pieces by striking against something.

8 Definition

To walk or move rapidly.

9 Definition

To suffer, or cause to be lost by breaking the cask.

10 Definition

To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron.

Example Sentences
  • to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run