English Explanatory Dictionary

stow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place, stead.
verb
  1. To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
  2. To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
  3. To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
  4. To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
  5. To cease; to stop doing something.
intj
  1. A cry used by falconers to call their birds back down to hand.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT4544).
  3. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK8881).
  4. The alternative spelling of Stowe in Shropshire, England.
  5. A small town in Oxford County, Maine, United States.
  6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  7. A city in Summit County, Ohio, United States.

Pronunciation

/stoʊ/ /stəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stow.wav /ˈstaʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Stow.wav

Word forms

stow stows stowing stowed

Etymology

From Middle English stowe, from Old English stōw (“place, location”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō (“a place, stowage”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, place, put”). Cognate with Old Frisian stō (“place”), Icelandic stó (“fireplace”), Dutch stouw (“place”), German Stau (“congestion”). See also -stow.

Derived words

moot-stow playstow bestow misstowed overstow restow stowable stowage stow away stowdown stower stowing unstow Stow Bedon Stow Creek Stow cum Quy Stow Maries Stow-on-the-Wold Sturton by Stow West Stow
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