Staff

Noun

 * 1) (plural: staffs or staves)  a long, straight stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
 * 2) (plural: staves)  A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written.
 * 3) (plural: staff) The employees of a business. (e.g. The company employed 10 new staff this month.)
 * 4)  A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering (see Staff (building material))

Synonyms

 * stave
 * personnel
 * See also Thesaurus:stick

Related terms

 * member of staff
 * quarterstaff

Verb

 * 1)  to supply (a business) with employees

Verbs for Staff
(cane)

arm with—; bear—; brandish—; cudgel with—; discard—; nourish—; flutter on—; relinquish—; shatter—; shoulder—; splinter —; surrender—; wield—; —bludgeons; — braces; —deflects; —sags; —supports; — sustains; —sways.

Adjectives for Staff
(general) knotted; managerial; faithful; official; efficient; consultant; inventive; research; energetic; intelligent; glittering.

Verbs for Staff
(personal) appoint to—; augment—; clutter—; discharge—; employ—; evacuate—; inspect—; resign from—; recruit—; suspend from—; —surrenders.

Adverbs for Staff
efficiently; faithfully; officially; scientifically; periodically; annually; seasonally.

Thesaurus
accouter, advisory body, advocate, alpenstock, appoint, arm, armory, assembly, association, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, badge, badge of office, badges, baluster, balustrade, bandeau, banister, bar, bar line, base, baton, bearer, bench, blazonry, board, body of advisers, borough council, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brain trust, brassard, brassiere, button, buttress, cabinet, caduceus, camarilla, cane, cap and gown, carrier, caryatid, cervix, chain, chain of office, chamber, city council, class ring, club, cockade, collar, colonnade, column, common council, conference, congress, consultative assembly, corset, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, crew, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, crozier, crutch, crutch-stick, dado, decoration, degree, deliberative assembly, die, diet, directory, divan, dress, eagle, emblems, employees, ensigns, equip, fasces, figurehead, fit, fit out, fit up, fleur-de-lis, footstalk, force, foundation garment, fulcrum, furnish, gang, gavel, gear, girdle, guy, guywire, hammer and sickle, handstaff, heel, help, heraldry, hired help, insignia, jack, jock, jockstrap, junta, kitchen cabinet, lapel pin, ledger line, legislature, line, lituus, livery, mace, mainstay, maintainer, man, mantle, markings, mast, medal, men, mortarboard, munition, neck, newel-post, old school tie, organization, outfit, parish council, pastoral staff, paterissa, peduncle, personnel, pier, pike, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pin, plinth, pole, portfolio, post, prepare, privy council, prop, quarterstaff, queen-post, regalia, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, retinue, rig, rig out, rig up, rigging, ring, rod, rod of office, rose, scepter, school ring, servantry, shaft, shamrock, shillelagh, shoulder, shroud, sigillography, skull and crossbones, socle, soviet, space, sphragistics, spine, sprit, stake, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standing rigging, stave, stay, stem, stick, stiffener, strengthener, subbase, support, supporter, surbase, sustainer, swagger stick, swanking stick, swastika, syndicate, synod, tartan, team, the help, thistle, tie, tribunal, truncheon, trunk, turn out, uniform, upholder, upright, verge, walking stick, wand, wand of office

Pronunciation

 * stäf,, /stA:f/