Sekirov Dictionary

store

UK /stɔː/US /stɔɹ/

noun 6
verb 5
forms 5
phrases 5

noun6

•
a building, or a part of one, where people go to buy things
- Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.
•
A supply held in storage.
- They keep a store of canned goods in their basement.
- They could eat from their stores for a month or two if need be.
•
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- This building used to be a store for old tires.
•
(old-fashioned) Memory.
- The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.
•
A great quantity or number; abundance.
- I make my love engrafted to this store. — 1609
•
Ellipsis of store cattle beast: a head of store cattle (feeder cattle to be sold to others for finishing).
- heifers and stores

verb5

•
To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
- I'll store these books in the attic.
•
To write (something) into memory or registers.
- This operation stores the result on the stack.
•
To contain.
- The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.
•
Have the capacity and capability to contain.
- They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
•
To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
- His great passion was for hearing stories, and whenever he met any one who was well stored, he never let him go till he had heard them all. — 1828

forms

stored · storing · stores · storeth · storest

Phrases with store

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