Staffs - English meaning

noun

A person who ranks below a senior person.

Usage examples:

The managing director and his assistant

noun

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He waved a hand in the air like he was holding a baton and conducting an orchestra.

noun

Any of various specially designed sticks used in races, to lead a group of musicians, or thrown in the air by people who are marching

Usage examples:

She twirls a baton as the parade passes by., he waves his fork like a conductor’s baton.

noun

A gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more.

Usage examples:

The site offers slots, roulette and animated card games including poker and blackjack.

noun

A type of card game played for money

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

noun

The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.

Usage examples:

They brought the eggs back to constantinople in hollow canes.

verb

Beat with a cane as a punishment.

Usage examples:

Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster

noun

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

Usage examples:

I belong to a photographic club

verb

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.

Usage examples:

The islanders clubbed whales to death

noun

A thick, heavy stick or bar used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The defendants deny having a self-loading pistol and a telescopic cosh

verb

Hit (someone) on the head with a cosh.

Usage examples:

The other coshed him and he fell unconscious

abbreviation

Hyperbolic cosine.

noun

A group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.

Usage examples:

He was one of nine members of the crew killed when the plane went down

verb

Provide (a craft or vehicle) with a group of people to operate it.

Usage examples:

Normally the boat is crewed by five people

verb

Past of crow2.

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

noun

A long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a person with an injury or disability.

Usage examples:

It's difficult to understand why so many crutches, white sticks and wheelchairs remain unclaimed.

noun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

verb

Beat with a cudgel.

Usage examples:

They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

noun

(in south asia) a large stick used as a weapon by a policeman or guard.

Usage examples:

The watchman beat the walls with his danda

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Usage examples:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Usage examples:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Usage examples:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

noun

A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.

Usage examples:

The company has over 500 employees

noun

A person who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

Some of their employees do not have insurance.

noun

Someone who is paid to work for someone else

Usage examples:

The number of employees in the company has trebled over the past decade., i discussed my complaint …

noun

The end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist, including the palm, fingers, and thumb.

Usage examples:

He was leading her by the hand

verb

Pick (something) up and give it to (someone).

Usage examples:

He handed each man a glass

noun

The part of the body at the end of the arm that includes the fingers and is used for holding, moving, touching, and feeling things

Usage examples:

Keep both hands on the steering wheel., when eating, most americans hold the fork in their right ha…

noun

A short stick with a knob at the top, traditionally used as a weapon by some indigenous peoples of south africa.

Usage examples:

It was a cold morning on ray street on 9 february 1955 when 2000 policemen, armed with guns, knobke…

noun

Work, especially physical work.

Usage examples:

The price of repairs includes labour, parts, and vat

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

noun

Practical work, especially involving physical effort

Usage examples:

The cost will depend on the amount of labour involved., they gave us an estimated price including p…

noun

A person doing unskilled manual work for wages.

Usage examples:

A farm labourer

noun

A person who does physical work, especially outdoors

Usage examples:

Agricultural/farm labourers he told reporters they were farm laborers, and he could not say if they…

noun

(in south asia) a long, heavy iron-bound bamboo stick used as a weapon, especially by police.

Usage examples:

A lathi charge

noun

A long, heavy stick, especially one used as a weapon by police officers

noun

A person who gives lectures, especially as an occupation at a university or college of higher education.

Usage examples:

A senior lecturer in surgery at leeds university

noun

Someone who teaches at a college or university

Usage examples:

A senior lecturer, a lecturer in psychology

noun

An adult male human being.

Usage examples:

A tall man with a beard

verb

(of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification).

Usage examples:

The helpline is manned by trained staff

exclamation

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Wow, like cosmic, man

noun

The number of people working or available for work or service.

Usage examples:

The police had only limited manpower

noun

The supply of people who are able to work

Usage examples:

For years there was a shortage of manpower in engineering.

noun

The supply of people who are able to work or who are needed to do a particular job

Usage examples:

Trained/skilled manpower new initiatives will focus on improving the quality of trained manpower., …

noun

A person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital.

Usage examples:

A team of doctors and nurses

verb

Give medical and other attention to (a sick person).

Usage examples:

He was gradually nursed back to health

noun

A greyish australian shark of shallow inshore waters.

Usage examples:

Here a grey nurse shark gets among the baitfish.

verb

Reside or have one's place of business in (a building).

Usage examples:

The rented flat she occupies in hampstead

verb

Live in (a certain place)

verb

(of an army or group of people) to move into and take control or possession of a place

Usage examples:

Nationalist forces now occupy more than 70% of the country., a large couch occupies most of the spa…

verb

(of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system).

Usage examples:

The prime minister operates a system of divide and rule

verb

Perform as expected when applied

verb

To work or cause something to work, be in action, or have an effect

Usage examples:

[ t ] how do you operate the remote control unit?, [ i ] changes are being introduced to make the d…

noun

Human beings in general or considered collectively.

Usage examples:

The earthquake killed 30,000 people

verb

(of a group of people) inhabit (a place).

Usage examples:

An arid mountain region peopled by warring clans

noun

A human being regarded as an individual.

Usage examples:

The porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance

Group of people willing to obey orders

plural noun

People employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking such as military service.

Usage examples:

Many of the personnel involved require training

plural noun

The people working in an organization or for a particular type of employer

Usage examples:

Saturday was the most convenient day for students, parents, and school personnel., military personnel

noun

A pole or beam used as a temporary support or to keep something in position.

Usage examples:

He looked around for a prop to pin the door open

verb

Support or keep in position.

Usage examples:

She propped her chin in the palm of her right hand

noun

A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or film.

Usage examples:

The exhibition features props and costumes from the show's incredible 49-year history

noun

A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.

Usage examples:

She was secretary to david wilby mp

noun

A person who works in an office and prepares letters, keeps records, schedules meetings, and makes other arrangements for a particular person or for an organization

Usage examples:

The secretary of the treasury, freya is running for secretary of the student council.

noun

Someone who works in an office, writing letters, making telephone calls, organizing meetings, etc. for other people

Usage examples:

She works at the international convention centre as a secretary., when i called, her secretary said…

noun

A thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in ireland, typically as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads,

noun

(in south africa) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide.

Usage examples:

The police used tear gas and sjamboks to break up the crowd.

verb

Flog with a sjambok.

Usage examples:

She was sjambokked because she was thought to have been involved in witchcraft

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

A person who teaches, especially in a school.

Usage examples:

A history teacher

noun

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Usage examples:

Rowan and mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.

noun

Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

Usage examples:

He was tired after a day's work

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard

combining form

Denoting things or parts made of a specified material or with specified tools.

Usage examples:

Silverwork

noun

A person who does a specified type of work or who works in a specified way.

Usage examples:

A farm worker

phrase

Members of the working class (= a social group that consists of people who own little or no property and who have to work, usually doing physical work, to get money)

Usage examples:

He preached to anyone who would listen that the workers of the world were being abused by the wealt…

noun

The people engaged in or available for work, either in a country or area or in a particular firm or industry.

Usage examples:

A quarter of galway's manufacturing workforce are being put out of a job

noun

All the people who work for a company or organization

Usage examples:

As ceo, she is responsible for a workforce of 29,000 people., further strikes could threaten the jo…