<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking</li><li>a group of assistants to a manager, superintendent, or executive</li><li>a member of a staff</li><li>Military: a body of officers without command authority, appointed to assist a commanding officer</li><li>the parts of any army concerned with administrative matters, planning, etc., rather than with actual participation in combat</li><li>those members of an organization serving only in an auxiliary or advisory capacity on a given project</li><li>a stick, pole, or rod for aid in walking or climbing, for use as a weapon, etc.</li><li>a rod or wand serving as a symbol of office or authority, as a crozier, baton, truncheon, or mace</li><li>a pole on which a flag is hung or displayed</li><li>something that supports or sustains</li><li>Music: a set of horizontal lines, now five in number, with the corresponding four spaces between them, on which music is written</li><li>Archaic: the shaft of a spear, lance, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to a military or organizational staff: a staff officer; staff meetings</li><li>(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</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to provide with a staff of assistants or workers: She staffed her office with excellent secretaries</li><li>to serve on the staff of</li><li>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</li><li>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</li></ul>