Definitions for stows

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stows stow

Spelling: [stoh]

IPA: /stoʊ/

Stows is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in stows (osstw).

Definitions for stows

noun

1. a city in NE Ohio.

Verb phrases

1. stow away, to conceal oneself aboard a ship or other conveyance in order to obtain free transportation or to elude pursuers.

verb (used with object)

1. Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
2. to put in a place or receptacle, as for storage or reserve; pack:
3. to fill (a place or receptacle) by packing:
4. to have or afford room for; hold.
5. Slang. to stop; break off:
6. to put away, as in a safe or convenient place (often followed by away).
7. to lodge or quarter.

Origin of stows

1300-50; Middle English stowen, Old English stōwigan to keep, hold back (literally, to place), derivative of stōw place; akin to Old Norse eldstō fireplace, Gothic stojan to judge (literally,

Examples for stows

The $9 “Priority Boarding” fee on Delta so you can “stow your bags without hassle”?

What a sly devil I was to stow that treasure away for a rainy day!

We came to the Castle and I dismissed him, bidding him stow his load safely in my quarters.

The last notice is in Howe's continuation of stow's Annals .

She was looking for her purse, in which she wished to stow Morris's surplus.

I'll stow it in the woods, and stroll here at night to listen to the jackals at their banquet.'

stow and others follow him here, but, as it should seem, unadvisedly.

Tom Platt an' dad they stow together, an' you'll hear 'em arguin'.

Mrs. Ford would have politely told her critics to stow it, though she might have agreed with them on a thing or two.

"Come down, and we'll stow it in our berth," said Flannigan.