different between stow vs stash

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sto?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /st??/

  Rhymes: -??

• Homophone: store (in some accents)

Etymology 1

From Middle English stowe, from Old English st?w (“a place, spot, locality, site”), from Proto-Germanic *st?w? (“a place, stowage”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, place, put”). Cognate with Old Frisian st? (“place”), Icelandic stó (“fireplace”), Dutch stouw (“place”). See also -stow.

Noun

stow (plural stows)

1. (rare) A place, stead.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stow.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stowen, stawen, stewen, from Old English st?wian (“to hold back, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *st?w?n?, *st?wijan? (“to stow, dam up”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“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) (transitive)

1. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
2. To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
   • 1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove:

     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.

3. To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
4. To dispose, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.

Derived terms

• bestow
• misstowed
• stowable
• stowage
• stow away
• stower
• stowing
• unstow

Translations

Anagrams

• OTWs, SWOT, TOWs, Tows, ow'st, swot, tows, twos, wost, wots

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *st?w? (“a place, stowage”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand, place, put”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sto?w/

Noun

st?w f (nominative plural st?wa)

1. a place

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: stowe, stow
  • Scots: stow
  • English: stow

Scots

Verb

stow

1. (transitive) To cut off; to crop.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæ?/
• Homophone: stache
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick +? cache or stow +? cache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.

   They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.

2. (US, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) A place where drugs are stored.

Translations

Verb

stash (third-person singular simple present stashes, present participle stashing, simple past and past participle stashed)

1. To hide or store away for later use.

   He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

Synonyms

• hive up

Translations

Etymology 2

Apheretic clipping of mustache.

Noun

stash (plural stashes)

1. (nonstandard, informal, slang) mustache

Anagrams

• shats, thass