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Noun staff has 6 senses

staff - 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"
--₁ is a kind of force, personnel
--₁ has members: staff member, staffer
--₁ has particulars:
newsroom; office, office staff; research staff; sales staff; security staff; service staff, maintenance staff; general staff; headquarters staff

Derived forms: verb staff₂, verb staff₁
staff, faculty - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
--₂ is a kind of body
--₂ is a member of school
--₂ has members: professor, prof
Derived forms: verb staff₂, verb staff₁
staff - a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"
--₃ is a kind of stick
--₃ has particulars:
alpenstock; crook, shepherd's crook; crutch; distaff; flagpole, flagstaff; pikestaff; quarterstaff
staff - building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
--₄ is a kind of building material
staff - a rod carried as a symbol
--₅ is a kind of symbol
--₅ has particulars:
crosier, crozier; mace; scepter, sceptre, verge, wand; tipstaff
staff, stave - (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
--₆ is a kind of musical notation
--₆ has parts: staff line; space

Verb staff has 2 senses

staff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
--₁ is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater

Derived forms: noun staff₂, noun staff₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
staff - serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
--₂ is one way to serve

Derived forms: noun staff₂, noun staff₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something