Stave In

Definition: Stave In

Stave In

Verb

1. Break in the staves (of), as of a cask.

2. Burst or force (a hole) into something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Stave In

Concavity

Render concave; Adjective: depress, hollow; scoop, scoop out; gouge, gouge out, dig, delve, excavate, dent, dint, mine, sap, undermine, burrow, tunnel, stave in.

Opening

Perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine; (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in.

Crosswords: Stave In

Albanian

shkallmoj (bash in, beat in, blow into, break). (various references)

Bulgarian 

пробивам дупка (tap), продънвам. (various references)

Czech

prorazit (break through, drive, drive smth. in, drive through, force one's way, get through, Pierce, puncture, put through), promáèknout (Dent), narazit (broach, bump, crack). (various references)

French

enfoncer (stick, stuff), défoncer. (various references)

German

einschlagen (adopt, bang in, bash down, bash in, beat in, catch on, cover, drive home, drive in, drive into, enter on, envelop, fell, follow, hammer down, hammer in, hit, hit out, knock in, knock out, pursue, sink in, smash down, smash in, strike, take, take up, to stave in, turn, turn up, wrap up). (various references)

Greek 

τρυπώ (bore, broach, drill, lance, prick, prong, punch, puncture, riddle, spear, stave, sting, tap, terebrate, thrust, wimble). (various references)

Hungarian

beüt (to bash, to bash in, to bump, to punch, to stave). (various references)

Italian

sfondare (break at the bottom, break the bottom of, break through, knock the bottom out of, push in, roll, stave). (various references)

Manx

brishey stiagh (beat in, break in, burgle, burst in, burst open, encroach, encroachment, gate crashing, intrude, intrusion). (various references)

Pig Latin

avestay inay

Romanian

scoate fundul, desfunda (broach, clear, open). (various references)

Russian 

проломить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

probiti (break out, break through, clear, cleave, come through, elbow, fight, force, go through, penetrate, pierce, plow, poke, ram, run through, thrust, wedge), napraviti rupu. (various references)

Spanish

desfondar (bilge). (various references)

Swedish

slå hål på. (various references)

Turkish

vurarak kırmak, kırmak (bear down, blight, breach, break, break down, bust, chill, chop, crack, cut, dampen, discount, fracture, freeze, give offence, give offense, hurt, lacerate, offend, outrage, pique, put off, put smb.'s nose out of joint, quench, reduce, refract, Rive, ruffle smb.'s feelings, rupture, set up, shatter, skip, snap, snap off, split, sting, touch, vanquish), ezmek (Bray, comminute, crunch, crush, domineer, grind, hold down, knock over, mangle, mash, oppress, overbear, overwhelm, pound, pulverize, quash, run down, run over, scrunch, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, squish, stamp, steamroller, stump, swat, trample, trample down, tread, tread under foot, tyrannize, weigh down), delmek (bore, broach, dig into, dig through, drill, hole, make a hole in, perforate, pick, Pierce, pink, prick, puncture, ream, ream out, Spike, stab, stick). (various references)

Ukrainian

розбивати (batter, break, crack, defeat, demolish, destroy, outbreak, split). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: naivest, natives, vainest.

-1 letter: invest, naives, native, navies, savine, tenias, tineas, tisane.

-2 letters: anise, antes, antis, avens, entia, etnas, inset, naevi, naive, nates, naves, neats, neist, nites, saint, satin, savin, senti, stain, stane, stave, stein, tains, tenia, tinea, tines, vanes, veins, vents, vesta, vinas, vines, vista, vitae.

-3 letters: ains, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, ates, aves.

+1 letter: deviants, naivetes, sanative, vanities, ventails, vesicant, vintages.

+2 letters: agentives, aventails, bivalents, donatives, grievants, innovates, intervals, invertase, invocates, naiveties, navicerts, navigates, negatives, sylvanite, tantivies, venations, venetians, veratrins, vesicants, vexations, vintagers, vitamines.

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