ALL meanings of staff
staff
S s - noun staff personnel 1
- noun staff walking stick 1
- transitive verb staff provide with personnel 1
- noun staff rod 1
- noun staff administrative employees 1
- noun staff shepherd's crook 1
- noun staff military: command 1
- noun staff musical notation 1
- noun plural staff a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking. 1
- noun plural staff a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive. 1
- noun plural staff a member of a staff. 1
- noun plural staff Military. a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer. the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat. 1
- noun plural staff those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project. Compare line1 (def 38). 1
- noun plural staff a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc. 1
- noun plural staff a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace. 1
- noun plural staff a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed. 1
- noun plural staff something that supports or sustains. 1
- noun plural staff Also, stave. Music. a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written. 1
- noun plural staff Archaic. the shaft of a spear, lance, etc. 1
- adjective staff of or relating to a military or organizational staff: a staff officer; staff meetings. 1
- adjective staff (of a professional person) employed on the staff of a corporation, publication, institution, or the like rather than being self-employed or practicing privately: a staff writer; staff physicians at the hospital. 1
- verb with object staff to provide with a staff of assistants or workers: She staffed her office with excellent secretaries. 1
- verb with object staff to serve on the staff of. 1
- verb with object staff to send to a staff for study or further work (often followed by out): The White House will staff out the recommendations before making a decision. 1
- verb without object staff to hire employees, as for a new office or project (sometimes followed by up): Next month we'll begin staffing up for the reelection campaign. 1
- noun staff a composition of plaster and fibrous material used for a temporary finish and in ornamental work, as on exposition buildings. 1
- countable noun staff The staff of an organization are the people who work for it. 0
- noun plural staff People who are part of a particular staff are often referred to as staff. 0
- verb staff If an organization is staffed by particular people, they are the people who work for it. 0
- countable noun staff A staff is a strong stick or pole. 0
- noun staff A staff is the five lines that music is written on. 0
- noun staff a group of people employed by a company, individual, etc, for executive, clerical, sales work, etc 0
- noun staff attached to or provided for the staff of an establishment 0
- noun staff the body of teachers or lecturers of an educational institution, as distinct from the students 0
- noun staff the officers appointed to assist a commander, service, or central headquarters organization in establishing policy, plans, etc 0
- noun staff a stick with some special use, such as a walking stick or an emblem of authority 0
- noun staff something that sustains or supports 0
- noun staff a pole on which a flag is hung 0
- noun staff a graduated rod used in surveying, esp for sighting to with a levelling instrument 0
- noun staff the system of horizontal lines grouped into sets of five (four in the case of plainsong) upon which music is written. The spaces between them are also used, being employed in conjunction with a clef in order to give a graphic indication of pitch 0
- noun staff any set of five lines in this system together with its clef 0
- verb staff to provide with a staff 0
- noun staff a mixture of plaster and hair used to cover the external surface of temporary structures and for decoration 0
- noun staff a stick, rod, or pole 0
- noun staff a stick used as a support in walking 0
- noun staff a pole or club used as a weapon 0
- noun staff a pole for supporting a banner or flag 0
- noun staff a rod, wand, crosier, etc. used as a symbol of authority 0
- noun staff a shaft, as of a lance 0
- noun staff any of several graduated sticks or rules used for measuring, as in surveying 0