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stow
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)
- (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)
- To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
- 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.
- 1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove:
- To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
- 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)
- a place
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: stowe, stow
- Scots: stow
- English: stow
Scots
Verb
stow
- (transitive) To cut off; to crop.
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stowage
English
Etymology
stow +? -age
Noun
stowage (countable and uncountable, plural stowages)
- The act or practice of stowing.
- the stowage of cargo
- A place where things are stowed.
- Accommodations were so poor I think we were in stowage, with the rest of the cargo.
- Things that are stowed.
- Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.
- Amount of room for storing things.
- The reduction in the ship's size naturally reduced her stowage.
- A charge for stowing and storage.
- We'll have to pay the stowage if we want our crate back.
Translations
Anagrams
- towages
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