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Staving
- verb - burst or force (a hole) into something
- furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"
Staying
- verb - continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
- dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
- fasten with stays
- hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
- overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
- remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
- stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
- stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"
- stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "H
Stewing
- verb - an extreme state of worry and agitation; "his stewing over the fight kept him awake most of the night"
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
- cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"
- cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil
Stoking
- verb - Constance Stokes (née Parkin, 22 February 1906 – 14 July 1991) was a modernist Australian painter who worked in Victoria.
Influenced by George Bell, Stokes was part of the Melbourne Contemporary Artists, a group Bell established in 1940.
- stir up or tend; of a fire
Stoning
- verb - kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
- remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
- the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
Stoping
- - The act of excavating in the form of stopes.
Storing
- verb - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"
- keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
Stowing
- verb - fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart"
- Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet.
- the act of packing or storing away
Styling
- verb - designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
- make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my hair"; "style the dress"
- make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a manuscript"
Subbing
- verb - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
- working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence