What does STOW mean?

Definitions for STOW
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stowverb

    fill by packing tightly

    "stow the cart"

Wiktionary

  1. stownoun

    A place.

  2. stowverb

    to put something away in a compact and tidy manner

  3. stowverb

    to put something away to store it in a space saving manner and over long time

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. 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

  2. Stowverb

    to put away in some place; to hide; to lodge

  3. Stowverb

    to arrange anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or the hold of a ship

  4. Etymology: [OE. stowen, fr. stowe a place, AS. stow; cf. Icel. eldsta fireplace, hearth, OFries. st, and E. stand. 163.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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.]

  2. Stow

    stow, v.t. (Scot.) to cut off, crop.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. 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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  1. wots

  2. swot

  3. sowt

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STOW in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STOW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of STOW in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Zurbuchen:

    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.

  2. Heather Poole:

    A passenger tried to stow her baby in an overhead bin.

  3. Dante Lauretta:

    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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