Stow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To place or arrange, especially in a neat, compact way: stowed his gear in the footlocker.
  • v. To fill (a place or container) by packing tightly.
  • v. To store for future use: stowed carrots and potatoes in the root cellar.
  • v. Slang To refrain from; stop.
  • v. To provide lodging for; quarter.
  • phrasal-verb. stow away To hide oneself aboard a conveyance in order to obtain free transportation.
  • phrasal-verb. stow away Informal To consume (food or drink) greedily.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A place.
  • v. to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
  • v. to put something away to store it in a space saving manner and over long time
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack.
  • v. To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
  • v. To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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 cut off; crop; lop.
  • n. In tinplate manuf., the structure which contains the furnace and the series of five pots.
  • To dry In an oven.
  • To conceal one's self on a ship (with a view to a free passage): with away. See stowaway.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fill by packing tightly
  • Verb Form
    stowed    stowes    stowing    stows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pack   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hide    lodge    pack    kids    furl    hold   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau   
    Same Context
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