STOW


Meaning of STOW in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

away

He would have time to stow away the kohlrabi, the offal and the edenwort.

The door closed, and Renwick could safely stow away his cigarette case.

Our driver got the mail bags stowed away , and made his horses strike out in good style.

The sweaters hung beneath the open hatch, the sink was empty and the oilskins stowed away .

It seems, Freddie as he's been named, stowed away with a consignment of bananas from the Windward Islands.

Once the luggage was stowed away on board Penry lifted her on the deck of the Angharad and cast off.

The antique musical instruments had been stowed away in the glass-fronted cabinets.

At the age of thirteen Billing stowed away on a ship bound for Delagoa Bay.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

All of our camping equipment is stowed in the attic.

In the daytime the mattress is stowed away in that cupboard.

She stowed her luggage on the rack above her head and then sat down.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I paid the driver, stowed the chair, and guided the old man to some seats up the back.

It would also be easy to take down and stow in stormy weather.

Our driver got the mail bags stowed away, and made his horses strike out in good style.

The sweaters hung beneath the open hatch, the sink was empty and the oilskins stowed away.

These four tubs had been stowed in the open midships section by the base of the foremast.

They should be packaged and stowed securely.

Trickles of rainwater dripped into the cabins and soaked any clothing that was not safely stowed in watertight kit-bags.

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