Sekirov Dictionary

stow

UK /stəʊ/US /stoʊ/

verb 5
exclamation 1
noun 1
forms 3
phrases 1

verb5

To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
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To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
- Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way. — 1922
To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
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To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
- Ar.[…]The Marriners all vnder hatches stowed, / Who, with a Charme ioynd to their suffred labour / I haue left asleep :[…] — 1610
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(slang, no longer used) To cease; to stop doing something.
- “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.” — 1883

exclamation1

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(no longer used) A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.
- His seconde hawke wexyd gery […] on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest. The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow. — 1503

noun1

(rare) A place, stead.

forms

stowed · stowing · stows

Phrases with stow

stow away
to stow or secure aloof in a safe place

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