staff

From Wiktionary
staff is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
square - staff - stage

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
staff

Plural
staffs or staves

  1. (uncountable) The employees of a company.
  2. (countable) A long, straight stick that is mostly used to help people walk and is sometimes used in martial arts.
  3. (countable) A staff is five lines that music is written on.

Verb[change]

Plain form
staff

Third-person singular
staffs

Past tense
staffed

Past participle
staffed

Present participle
staffing

  1. (transitive) When you staff a business, you provide them with employees.