stow

IPA: stˈoʊ

noun

  • (rare) A place, stead.
  • A surname.
  • A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4544).
  • A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881).
  • The alternative spelling of Stowe in Shropshire, England.
  • A small town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  • A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  • A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

verb

  • To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
  • To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
  • To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
  • To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
  • (obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
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Examples of "stow" in Sentences

  • I stowed books in the bag.
  • He stows something regularly.
  • What did you stow in the box
  • I stowed my stuffs in the box.
  • Mom stowed bread into the oven.
  • The man stowed his book into the stove.
  • Stow the complaints and cut the foul language.
  • Mort is forced to stow away on the outside of the plane.
  • Baggage is stowed in a compartment at the rear of the cabin.
  • Barrels should be stowed fore and aft and not athwart ships.
  • I tried to re-stow my hooked shroud-line cutter, but†¦ but, it was gone!
  • You can retrieve or stow an item as a free action instead of as a minor action.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • "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."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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