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Antonyms for stow

Grammar : Verb
Spell : stoh
Phonetic Transcription : stoÊŠ

Definition of stow

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 :
  • What a sly devil I was to stow that treasure away for a rainy day!
  • Extract from : « Captain Brand of the "Centipede" » by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
  • "Come down, and we'll stow it in our berth," said Flannigan.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Tom Platt an' dad they stow together, an' you'll hear 'em arguin'.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The last notice is in Howe's continuation of Stow's Annals .
  • Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
  • Stow and others follow him here, but, as it should seem, unadvisedly.
  • Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 » by J. Endell Tyler
  • I'll stow it in the woods, and stroll here at night to listen to the jackals at their banquet.'
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • We came to the Castle and I dismissed him, bidding him stow his load safely in my quarters.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope
  • She was looking for her purse, in which she wished to stow Morris's surplus.
  • Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various
  • Lift Jenkins out of the wardroom, and stow him in a forecastle bunk.
  • Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
  • I have sent for a cab and Mesrour will stow the things in it.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis

Synonyms for stow

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