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.