- 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, profDerived 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 - staff - building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration
- staff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"
--1 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun staff2, noun staff1
Somebody ----s something
- staff - serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"
--2 is one way to serve
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun staff2, noun staff1
Somebody ----s something