шест — meaning in English

English meaning

• pole noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
• stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.

Senses

шест is used for these senses in English:

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

pole — full definition

1. noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
2. noun Either of the two points where the Earth's axis meets its surface, or a similar point on a magnet or field.
3. noun A person from Poland.
4. verb To push a boat forward using a pole.

stave — full definition

1. noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
2. noun A stanza of a poem or song; also the set of five lines music is written on.
3. verb To break a hole in something, especially a barrel or boat hull ("stave in").
4. verb To keep something away or delay it, especially in the phrase "stave off."

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