stow

CEFRB2

/stoʊ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To pack or place something safely for storage.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.

Examples

  • Always stow your trash for disposal in port.

  • Stow away carefully the clothes you removed.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /stəʊ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.

  2. To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A place, stead.

More examples

In context

  • But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet...

  • But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.

  • Ar.[…]The Marriners all vnder hatches ſtowed, / Who, with a Charme ioynd to their ſuffred labour / I haue left aſleep :[…]

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Before the ship departed, the crew had to blank all the cargo in the lower hold.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place, location”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō (“a place, stowage”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, place, put”). Cognate with Old Frisian stō (“place”), Icelandic stó (“fireplace”), Dutch stouw (“place”), German Stau (“congestion”). See also -stow.