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staff
Found in thesaurus: personnel, force, body, stick, building material, symbol, musical notation, provide, ply, cater, supply, serve
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staff
n.
employees working in an organization, personnel; crew, team
v.
employ a group of workers, provide with employees, man
n.
stick, rod, pole; group of 5 horizontal lines and the 4 spaces between them on which music is written; spear, lance (Archaic)
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Staff
Staff may refer to:
Rods
- Staff of office, a stick that indicates a position
- Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particular stretch of single track
- Level staff, also called levelling rod, a graduated rod for comparing heights
- Fire staff, a staff of wood or metal and Kevlar, used for fire dancing and performance
- Flagstaff, on which a flag is flown
- Marotte, a staff with a carved image of a head at the tip used by a Jester
- The weapon used in stick fighting
- Quarterstaff, a long pole used as a medieval weapon
- Bo, a long stick used as a weapon, usually in Japanese martial arts
- Gun (staff), a weapon in Chinese martial arts
- Walking stick, a device to facilitate balancing while walking
- Sceptre or scepter, a symbolic ornamental rod borne in the hand by a ruling monarch
- Scout staff, a tall stick traditionally used by Boy Scouts, which has a number of uses in an emergency
- Wand, a thin, straight, hand-held ceremonial stick
- Shepherd's crook
- A divining rod used in rhabdomancy
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staff
Noun
1. personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"
(hypernym) force, personnel
(hyponym) newsroom
(member-meronym) staff member, staffer
2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
(synonym) faculty
(hypernym) body
(member-holonym) school
(member-meronym) professor, prof
3. a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
(hypernym) stick
(hyponym) alpenstock
4. building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
(hypernym) building material
5. a rod carried as a symbol
(hypernym) symbol
(hyponym) crosier, crozier
6. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
(synonym) stave
(hypernym) musical notation
(part-meronym) staff line
(classification) music
Verb
1. provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) man
(derivation) faculty
2. serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
(hypernym) serve
(derivation) faculty
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staff
nm.
staff
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staff
nm.
staff, employees working in an organization, personnel, crew, team
