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stow verb [ stəʊ ]

• pack or store (an object) carefully and neatly in a particular place.
• "Barney began stowing her luggage into the boot"
Similar: pack, load, store, place, put, put away, deposit, bundle, cram, jam, wedge, stash, stuff, shove,
Opposite: unload, remove,
Origin: late Middle English: shortening of bestow.

stow it!

• used to tell someone to be quiet.
"stow it, motormouth!"

stow away

• conceal oneself on a ship, aircraft, or other passenger vehicle in order to travel secretly or without paying the fare.
"he stowed away on a ship bound for South Africa"



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