What does STOW mean?
Definitions for STOW
stoʊstow
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Princeton's WordNet
stowverb
fill by packing tightly
"stow the cart"
Wiktionary
stownoun
A place.
stowverb
to put something away in a compact and tidy manner
stowverb
to put something away to store it in a space saving manner and over long time
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To STOWverb
To lay up; to reposite in order; to lay in the proper place.
Etymology: stow , Sax. stoe, old Frisick, a place; stowen, Dutch; to lay up.
Foul thief! where hast thou stow’d my daughter? William Shakespeare.
I’th’holsters of the saddle-bow,
Two aged pistols he did stow. Hudibras.Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.
All the patriots of their ancient liberties were beheaded, stowed in dungeons, or condemned to work in the mines. Ad.
The goddess shov’d the vessel from the shores,
And stow’d within its womb the naval stores. Alexander Pope.
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stow
Stow generally means to put away or store something in a place where it can be easily accessed when needed. This can refer to packing items neatly and securely in a large space like a trunk or a suitcase, or storing goods or materials in a space-saving and efficient manner. It can also mean to hide something safely or secretly.
Webster Dictionary
Stowverb
to place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves
Stowverb
to put away in some place; to hide; to lodge
Stowverb
to arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship
Etymology: [OE. stowen, fr. stowe a place, AS. stow; cf. Icel. eldsta fireplace, hearth, OFries. st, and E. stand. 163.]
Wikidata
Stow
Stow is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is located 21 miles west of Boston, in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. The population was 6,590 at the 2010 census.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stow
stō, v.t. to place: to arrange: to fill by packing things in: (slang) to put away out of sight: to be silent about.—ns. Stow′age, act of placing in order: state of being laid up: room for articles to be laid away: money paid for stowing goods; Stow′away, one who hides himself in an outward-bound vessel in order to get a passage for nothing; Stow′down, the process of stowing down in a ship's hold; Stow′er, one who stows; Stow′ing, in mining, rubbish thrown into the cavities out of which the ore, coal, &c. have been taken. [M. E. stowen, to place—A.S. stów, a place; cf. Dut. stuwen, to stow, to push, Ger. stauen, to pack.]
Stow
stow, v.t. (Scot.) to cut off, crop.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
STOW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stow is ranked #18819 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Stow surname appeared 1,455 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stow.
94.9% or 1,381 total occurrences were White.
1.7% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.3% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
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Anagrams for STOW »
wots
swot
sowt
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of STOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of STOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of STOW in a Sentence
Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing a few curveballs, although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it's not a bad problem to have. We are so excited to see what appears to be an abundant sample that will inspire science for decades beyond this historic moment.
A passenger tried to stow her baby in an overhead bin.
We are working to keep up with our own success here, and my job is to safely return as large a sample of Bennu as possible, the loss of mass is of concern to me, so I'm strongly encouraging the team to stow this precious sample as quickly as possible.
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