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store
English
Etymology
From Middle English store, stoure, storre, from Anglo-Norman stor, estore, estorr, estoer, and Old French estour, estor, from Latin instaur?.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: stôr, IPA(key): /st??/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stô, IPA(key): /st??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: st?r, IPA(key): /sto(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sto?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophone: stower (in some accents)
Noun
store (plural stores)
- A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
- A supply held in storage.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, II:13:
- But there was an infinite store of mercy in those eyes, for him too a word of pardon even though he had erred and sinned and wandered.
- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began […] , under the superintendence of the pigs.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, II:13:
- (mainly North American) A place where items may be purchased; a shop.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
- 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
- (computing, dated) Memory.
- A great quantity or number; abundance.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 37:
- I make my love engrafted to this store.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- With store of Ladies, whose bright eies / Rain influence, and judge the prise / Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend / To win her Grace, whom all commend.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 37:
Synonyms
- (supply held in storage): stock, supply
- (place from which items may be purchased): boutique, shop (UK); see also Thesaurus:retail store
- (in computing): memory
Derived terms
Related terms
- storage
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: stua
- ? Rotokas: sitoa
- ? Afrikaans: stoor
Translations
Verb
store (third-person singular simple present stores, present participle storing, simple past and past participle stored)
- (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
- 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.
- (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- store at OneLook Dictionary Search
- store on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- store in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Resto, estro-, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, tores, torse
Danish
Adjective
store
- definite of stor
- plural of stor
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
store
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of storen
Anagrams
- roest, roste, stoer
French
Etymology
Latin storea (“mat”), via regional Italian stora (modern Italian stuoia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??/
Noun
store m (plural stores)
- blind, shade (for a window)
Descendants
- ? Catalan: estor
- ? Galician: estor
- ? German: Store
- ? Portuguese: estore
Further reading
- “store” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
References
Anagrams
- resto, rotes, sorte, tores, torse
Latvian
Noun
store f (5th declension)
- sturgeon
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman stor, estour, ultimately from Latin instaurare.
Alternative forms
- stor, stoure, storre, stour, stoor, stoore
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??r/
Noun
store (uncountable)
- supplies, provisions
- livestock, farm animals
- (stored) possessions, savings
- collection, storage
- storehouse, storeroom
- value, importance
Descendants
- English: store
- Tok Pisin: stua
- ? Rotokas: sitoa
- ? Afrikaans: stoor
- Tok Pisin: stua
- Scots: store
References
- “st?r(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 2
From Old English st?r and Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz; some forms are also influenced by Middle Dutch stuur.
Alternative forms
- stoor, stour, stur, sture, storre, stowre, stoore, stoure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto?r/, /stu?r/, /st??r/
Adjective
store
- strong, powerful, intense
- violent, threatening, imposing
- stern, sharp, harsh
- numerous, large in number
- large, big, great
- coarse, rough
Descendants
- English: stoor, stour (archaic)
- Scots: stour, stoure, sture, stoor, stoar
References
- “st??r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Adverb
store
- violently, threateningly, imposingly
- sternly, sharply, harshly
References
- “st??re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 3
From Old English st?r; possibly from a Celtic language.
Alternative forms
- stor, stoure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sto?r/
Noun
store
- incense, frankincense, storax
References
- “st??r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
store
- definite singular of stor
- plural of stor
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
store
- definite singular of stor
- plural of stor
Swedish
Adjective
store
- absolute definite natural masculine form of stor.
Anagrams
- orets, rotes, teros
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pack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæk/, [p?æk]
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).
Noun
pack (plural packs)
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A full set of playing cards
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion
- African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack.
- 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
Synonyms
(full set of cards): deck
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).
Verb
pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)
- (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275
- strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull
- 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (social) To cheat.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
- Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
- 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation
- The expected council was dwindling into […] a packed assembly of Italian bishops.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain
- He lost life […] upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (transitive) To load with a pack
- (transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.
- To move, send or carry.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
- Poor Stella must pack off to town.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:
- You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
- (intransitive, LGBT, of a drag king, trans man, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
Synonyms
- (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly): stack
Antonyms
- (make into a pack): unpack
Derived terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pak/
Noun
pack m (plural packs)
- pack (item of packaging)
- pack ice
- (sports) A rugby team
Middle English
Noun
pack
- Alternative form of pak
Scots
Adjective
pack
- intimate; confidential
Spanish
Etymology
From English pack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pak/, [?pak]
Noun
pack m (plural packs)
- pack, package
- kit, set, bundle
- (colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos
Swedish
Noun
pack n
- a group of unwanted people, lower class people, trash
- stuff, things, luggage; only in the expression pick och pack
Declension
See also
- packa
- paket
Descendants
- ? Finnish: pakka
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