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Averting (with "off")
Answer for the clue "Averting (with "off") ", 7 letters:
staving
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Word definitions for staving in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel. vb. (present participle of stave English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stave \Stave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Staved (st[=a]vd) or Stove (st[=o]v); p. pr. & vb. n. Staving .] [From Stave , n., or Staff , n.] To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a ...
Usage examples of staving.
Killashandra exclaimed, staving off the gorier details she was sure Lanzecki would give them.
She lay staving off anger, fear, despair, until she blundered into an uneasy sleep.
He had made the observation earlier, and was now merely staving off silence.
Queequeg made, staving about with little else but his hat and boots on.
He did not want to get to the other shelter-get there and find it empty, taking away his last hope, the only way he had of staving off this disaster.
He did not want to get to the other shelter—get there and find it empty, taking away his last hope, the only way he had of staving off this disaster.