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Webster 1913 Edition
Stow
Stow
(stō)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stowed
(stōd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stowing
.] [OE.
stowen
, fr. stowe
a place, AS. stow
; cf. Icel. eldstō
a fireplace, hearth, OFries. stō
, and E. stand
. √163.] 1.
To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack;
as, to
. stow
bags, bales, or casks in a ship’s hold; to stow
hay in a mow; to stow
sheavesSome
stow
their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.
2.
To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
Foul thief! where hast thou
stowed
my daughter? Shakespeare
3.
To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely;
as, to
. stow
a box, car, or the hold of a shipWebster 1828 Edition
Stow
STOW
,Verb.
T.
1.
To place; to put in a suitable place or position; as, to stow bags, bales or casks in a ships hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. The word has reference to the placing of many thing, or of one thing among many, or of a mass of things.2.
To lay up; to reposit.Stow in names, signifies place, as in Barstow.
Definition 2024
Stow
stow
stow
English
Noun
stow (plural stows)
- (rare) A place.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:stow.
Etymology 2
From Middle English stowen, stawen, stewen, from Old English stōwian (“to hold back, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *stōwōną, *stōwijaną (“to stow, dam up”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, place”). Cognate with Dutch stuwen, stouwen (“to stow”), Low German stauen (“to blin, halt, hinder”), German stauen (“to halt, hem in, stow, pack”), Danish stuve (“to stow”), Swedish stuva (“to stow”).
Verb
stow (third-person singular simple present stows, present participle stowing, simple past and past participle stowed)
- to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
- to put something away, to store it in a space-saving manner and over a long time
Translations
to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
to put something away to store it in a space saving manner and over long time