Stow
[stəʊ] or [sto]
Definition
(v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves.
(v. t.) To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
(v. t.) To arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship.
Checker: Melva
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Pack, stuff, stive, wedge in, put in compactly.
Checker: Neil
Definition
v.t. (Scot.) to cut off crop.
v.t. to place: to arrange: to fill by packing things in: (slang) to put away out of sight: to be silent about.—ns. Stow′age act of placing in order: state of being laid up: room for articles to be laid away: money paid for stowing goods; Stow′away one who hides himself in an outward-bound vessel in order to get a passage for nothing; Stow′down the process of stowing down in a ship's hold; Stow′er one who stows; Stow′ing in mining rubbish thrown into the cavities out of which the ore coal &c. have been taken.
Checker: Thomas
Examples
- Stow cutting away, you know! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Unaware that he was the victim of a practical joke, Edison proceeded gravely to stow away the money in his overcoat pockets and all his other pockets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Kidderminster,' said Mr. Childers, raising his voice, 'stow that! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- They arise, roll up and stow away their mattresses. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Stow hooking it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Kidderminster, stow that! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I'm awfully lopsided, you know, and stowed down in my pocket it'll trim the ship. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You'll be surprised how those girls are stowed away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The lips and vocal organs, and the hands, have to be used to reproduce in speech and writing what has been stowed away. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had 'em stowed away somehows. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The luggage was stowed, the porter was tipped. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Your plate was stowed away among the neighbouring cesspools, and evil communications corrupted its good polish in a day or two. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Bile,' said Mr Boffin, blowing out the light in the lantern, shutting it up, and stowing it away in the breast of his coat as before. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checked by Antoine