Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place or arrange, especially in a neat, compact way.
- transitive verb To fill (a place or container) by packing tightly.
- transitive verb To store for future use.
- transitive verb Slang To refrain from; stop.
- transitive verb To provide lodging for; quarter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut off; crop; lop.
- To dry In an oven.
- To put in a suitable or convenient place or position; put in a place aside or out of the way; lay up; put up; pack; especially, to pack in a convenient form: as, to
stow bags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow sheaves. - To accumulate or compactly arrange anything in; fill by packing closely: as, to
stow a box or the hold of a ship. - To contain; hold.
- To furl or roll up, as a sail.
- In mining, to fill up (vacant spaces) with stowing.
- To bestow; give; grant.
- To intrust; commit; give in charge.
- To furnish as the stowdown: as, the whale stowed down 75 barrels of oil.
- To resist; hinder; stop.
- To put out of sight or hearing; be silent about.
- To make resistance; resist.
- To conceal one's self on a ship (with a view to a free passage): with away. See
stowaway . - noun In tinplate manuf., the structure which contains the furnace and the series of five pots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack.
- transitive verb To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
- transitive verb To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A place.
- verb to put something away in a
compact andtidy manner - verb to put something away to
store it in a space saving manner and over long time
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fill by packing tightly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thus, at the mouth of the Thames, thousands of tons of sprats are caught every winter by means of the large bag net, known as the stow net.
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Thus, at the mouth of the Thames, thousands of tons of sprats are caught every winter by means of the large bag net, known as the stow net.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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"I come down here once in a while and let in the sun, and sometimes I want to hunt up something or 'nother; kind of stow-away place, ye see."
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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At night, I was obliged to "stow" myself firmly in my berth with my cloaks and dresses, to protect my body from being bruised black and blue.
A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827
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In the future, you could tell a friend you need to drop by a yínháng, rather than a bank.iii In this imagined future, a yínháng whose capital is derived from carbon emissions credits, rather than property mortgages, would be substantively different from a bank, and a better place to stow your hard-earned savings.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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In the future, you could tell a friend you need to drop by a yínháng, rather than a bank.iii In this imagined future, a yínháng whose capital is derived from carbon emissions credits, rather than property mortgages, would be substantively different from a bank, and a better place to stow your hard-earned savings.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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I tried to re-stow my hooked shroud-line cutter, but†¦ but, it was gone!
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She hears the little boy continue, For those of you just boarding, we ask you to stow all of your hand luggage under your seat.
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Because people bring in bags so huge that they can't even stow them in the overhead bins, and expect a 5ft tall stewardess to stow it for them.
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You can retrieve or stow an item as a free action instead of as a minor action.
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qroqqa commented on the word stow
also n. method of stowing, stowage, spec. of containers on a containership.
September 11, 2008