Akademik

1. noun /steɪv/

a) One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

b) One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

2. verb /steɪv/

a) To break in the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst. Often with in.

b) To push, as with a staff. With off.