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Antonyms for stowed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stoh
Phonetic Transcription : stoʊ


Definition of stowed

Origin :
  • c.1300, verbal use of Old English noun stow "a place" (common in place names) from Proto-Germanic *stowijanan (cf. Old Frisian sto "place," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch stouwen "to stow," Old High German stouwen "to stop, check," German stauen "to stow"), from PIE *stau-, from root *sta- "to stand" (cf. Old Church Slavonic stavljo "to place," Lithuanian stoviu "to stand;" see stet). The nautical sense of "put away to be stored, pack" (1550s) was enforced by Dutch stouwen "to cram, pack up close." Related: Stowed; stowing.
  • verb reserve, store
Example sentences :
  • The foresail was brailed, and the foot stopped, and the flying-jib was stowed.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • That they were not stowed away aboard her seemed unquestionable.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The little boys were up and stowed here and there waiting for breakfast.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • It had been thought too good to be used, and had been stowed aside in the library.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Becky, she counted the cash and stowed it away in her apron pocket.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I take it you have that Dain Maroola stowed away safely somewhere.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
  • The launch reached the battleship, was hoisted and stowed on board.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • No inspiration came to him; so that methodically he stowed away the facts for reference.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • The fizzy stuff he'd stowed away in that time must have been enough to sail a ship on.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • Beside weapons of battle, he had stowed in a large supply of oil.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

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