staff

IPA: stˈæf

(plural staffs or staves) A long, straight, thick wooden rod or stick, especially one used to assist in walking.
(music, plural staffs or staves) A series of horizontal lines on which musical notes are written; a stave.
(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business.
(uncountable) A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.ᵂ
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office.
A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
(archaic) The rung of a ladder.
A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave.
(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
(military) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution.
(rail transport, archaic) A form of token once used, in combination with a ticket, for safe train movements between two points on a single line.
Misspelling of staph. [Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.]

(transitive) To supply (a business, volunteer organization, etc.) with employees or staff members.

Examples of "staff" in Sentences

He was hired as a staff.
The staff was exceptionally smarmy.
He is the youngest member of the staff.
The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.
All members of the staff enthusiastically agreed.
In the centre of the staff is a diagram of the canvass.
The Senator is the ranking member of the Minority staff.
The term staff member covers various positions on campus.
The staff member preferred the ginger due to lack of side effects.
This “ragged staff,” or “_staff ragulée_,” is the famous badge of the
The global slump has also pushed some companies to cut staff and retrench.
The Chief of the Air Staff's deputy is the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff.
It's good to see him noticing that his staff is the problem and making changes.
Several of the Admin staff is taking a few days vacation around the 4th Holiday.
LOL@YOU well we are still waiting for you other press release guessing your staff is a F-ed up as limpy-buttboil.
Maybe he's frozen stiff in a tree stand and the rest of the staff is at the shot show so no one is out looking for him.
Every member of our staff is a masters or doctoral level audiologist who holds national certification and state licensure.
The Cabinet secretaries are arrayed, the staff is there, and Rahm Emanuel himself displaying unusual emotion as he gives his sendoff.