Stow

Word STOW
Character 4
Hyphenation stow
Pronunciations /stəʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Stow"

What do we mean by stow?

To place or arrange, especially in a neat, compact way. transitive verb

To fill (a place or container) by packing tightly. transitive verb

To store for future use. transitive verb

To refrain from; stop. transitive verb

To provide lodging for; quarter. transitive verb

To hide oneself aboard a conveyance in order to obtain free transportation. phrasal verb

To consume (food or drink) greedily. phrasal verb

To put in a suitable or convenient place or position; put in a place aside or out of the way; lay up; put up; pack; especially, to pack in a convenient form: as, to stow bags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow sheaves.

To accumulate or compactly arrange anything in; fill by packing closely: as, to stow a box or the hold of a ship.

To contain; hold.

To furl or roll up, as a sail.

In mining, to fill up (vacant spaces) with stowing.

To bestow; give; grant.

To intrust; commit; give in charge.

To furnish as the stowdown: as, the whale stowed down 75 barrels of oil.

To conceal one's self on a ship (with a view to a free passage): with away. See stowaway.

To dry In an oven.

To cut off; crop; lop.

To resist; hinder; stop.

A place, stead.

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The word "stow" in example sentences

Thus, at the mouth of the Thames, thousands of tons of sprats are caught every winter by means of the large bag net, known as the stow net. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"I come down here once in a while and let in the sun, and sometimes I want to hunt up something or 'nother; kind of stow-away place, ye see." ❋ Sarah Orne Jewett (1879)

At night, I was obliged to "stow" myself firmly in my berth with my cloaks and dresses, to protect my body from being bruised black and blue. ❋ Ida Pfeiffer (1827)

In the future, you could tell a friend you need to drop by a yínháng, rather than a bank.iii In this imagined future, a yínháng whose capital is derived from carbon emissions credits, rather than property mortgages, would be substantively different from a bank, and a better place to stow your hard-earned savings. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

It doesn't make sense to stow them in a bank safe-deposit box, she adds, because passwords need to be updated frequently. ❋ Kelly Greene (2011)

She hears the little boy continue, For those of you just boarding, we ask you to stow all of your hand luggage under your seat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our plane is taxing down the runway and I need to stow my laptop. ❋ Jim Luce (2012)

Because people bring in bags so huge that they can't even stow them in the overhead bins, and expect a 5ft tall stewardess to stow it for them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But while she made it appear as though she was deleting the tape, Ms. Klayman said her record of the incident survived: Anticipating their demands, she said she had switched the tape for a blank one, having snuck outside to stow the original in her car. ❋ Erica Orden (2011)

The bike would fit great in my apartment and stow away easily at work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I tried to re-stow my hooked shroud-line cutter, but†¦ but, it was gone! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Commercial dealers stow them away in anticipation that they'll soon disappear. ❋ Unknown (2011)

UBS plans to stow away profits and not pay dividends for several years in order to meet the big-bank rules, but has shied away from issuing contingent convertible bonds, a new type of capital championed by the Swiss National Bank. ❋ Katharina Bart (2011)

The new Luna Park and Scream Zone aren't exactly Six Flags (ride attendants stow your valuables using a sophisticated process known as "hanging your bag on the fence"), but they do offer a facsimile of the suburban amusement park experience: smiling, khaki-clad employees, clean restrooms and a café menu featuring (brace yourself) sushi, chicken with broccoli rabe and burgers with "Berkshire slab bacon." ❋ Anne Kadet (2011)

You can retrieve or stow an item as a free action instead of as a minor action. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the way, after coupons and store sales she ended up paying $48.39 for $124.65 worth of groceries, which she planned to donate to charity rather than stow in the overhead bin on the flight back to California. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2012)

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