■ noun
1》 a quantity or supply kept for use as needed.
↘( ~s ) supplies of equipment and food kept for use by members of an army, navy, or other institution.
2》 a place where things are kept for future use or sale.
↘ chiefly N. Amer. a shop.
↘ Brit. a large shop selling different types of goods.
↘(also ~s ) Brit. a shop selling basic necessities.
3》 Brit. a computer memory.
4》 a sheep, steer, cow, or pig acquired or kept for fattening.
■ verb
1》 keep or accumulate for future use.
2》 retain or enter (information) for future electronic retrieval.
3》 ( be ~d with ) have a useful supply of.
Phrases
in ~ about to happen.
set (or lay or put ) ~ by (or on) consider to be of a particular degree of importance: she set much ~ by privacy.
Derivatives
storable adjective
~r noun
Origin
ME: shortening of OFr. e~ (n.), e~r (v.), from L. instaurare 'renew'; cf. re~ .