Stow
verb
To put something in a safe or neat place, especially to make room.
Please stow your luggage in the overhead compartment.
Often appears as...
- stow luggage
- stow away
verb
When someone hides in a vehicle, boat or plane to travel without permission or being seen.
He stowed away on a cargo ship to get to the USA.
Often appears as...
- stow away on a ship
- stow away on a train
verb
To put something in a safe or neat place, especially to make room.
Please stow your luggage in the overhead compartment.
Often appears as...
- stow luggage
- stow away
verb
When someone hides in a vehicle, boat or plane to travel without permission or being seen.
He stowed away on a cargo ship to get to the USA.
Often appears as...
- stow away on a ship
- stow away on a train
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Safety Aspect
Use 'stow' when emphasizing the safekeeping of items, especially in tight spaces.
Stow your valuables in the hotel safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Making Room
'Stow' often implies organizing items to create more space.
Stow those magazines to clear the table.
Pro Tip 3/3Conceal Neatly
Stowing means hiding items away neatly, not just out of sight.
Stow the cables behind the TV stand.
Pro Tip 1/3Safety Aspect
Use 'stow' when emphasizing the safekeeping of items, especially in tight spaces.
Stow your valuables in the hotel safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Making Room
'Stow' often implies organizing items to create more space.
Stow those magazines to clear the table.
Pro Tip 3/3Conceal Neatly
Stowing means hiding items away neatly, not just out of sight.
Stow the cables behind the TV stand.
Pro Tip 1/3Safety Aspect
Use 'stow' when emphasizing the safekeeping of items, especially in tight spaces.
Stow your valuables in the hotel safe.
Pro Tip 2/3Making Room
'Stow' often implies organizing items to create more space.
Stow those magazines to clear the table.
Pro Tip 3/3Conceal Neatly
Stowing means hiding items away neatly, not just out of sight.
Stow the cables behind the TV stand.
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Amos Winter: The cheap...
build the chair anywhere, and most importantly repair it, even out in a village with a local bicycle mechanic who has local tools, knowledge and parts available. Now, when you want to use the LFC indoors, all you have to do is pull the levers out of the drivetrain, stow them in the frame, and it converts into a normal wheelchair
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Sara Seager: The search...
Here, you can see myself and two team members holding up one small part of the starshade. It's shaped like a giant flower, and this is one of the prototype petals. The concept is that a starshade and telescope could launch together, with the petals unfurling from the stowed position. The central truss would expand,
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People Don’t Listen PIPE...
feature I listened to the first few seconds and then my mind goes elsewhere I've heard all before I'm reading my magazine and listening to music so I don't pay attention a lot of pastors don't feel that see if the instructions will be beneficial to them please stow those large probably figure if we're
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How the Monkey King...
The Monkey King stowed the weapon away, and gleefully sped back to his kingdom to show this treasure to his tribe of warrior monkeys. After a lavish celebration, Sun Wukong fell into a deep sleep. But just as he began to dream, the Monkey King quickly realized two things.
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Fire Ants vs. The World...
probably stowing away in ballast on a Brazilian cargo ship now they've spread across several southern states the ants build large nests in the soil and once established are known to devastate the ecosystem around them they've been known
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A day in the life of a...
her unwanted visitor is now running circles around her stewards. They’re attempting to stow her possessions securely into wagons. Boraqchin orders them to get it under control – but she’s the only one quick enough to catch the stray.
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The myth of Loki’s...
Her flesh flaked onto the ground as she silently submitted to her captors. Finally, the third child leapt at Tyr. The small wolf was fierce but harmless. Tyr playfully cuffed its claws and stowed the cub in his pocket.
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Ryan Phelan: The...
did they cause the disasters that people fear so much. And yes, your classic stories of humans intervening in nature and causing disasters, like bringing rodents to islands, that stowed away on colonial sailing ships.
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Billy Collins: Everyday...
because the mice might get into them and start a fire. But your face was absolutely straight when you twisted the lid down on the round tin where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
forward well that's the ritual they go through and they tend to raise the leg and there she is even if I know controls his yeah or force in an even when we stow it boom
Video examples
Amos Winter: The cheap...
build the chair anywhere, and most importantly repair it, even out in a village with a local bicycle mechanic who has local tools, knowledge and parts available. Now, when you want to use the LFC indoors, all you have to do is pull the levers out of the drivetrain, stow them in the frame, and it converts into a normal wheelchair
Video examples
Sara Seager: The search...
Here, you can see myself and two team members holding up one small part of the starshade. It's shaped like a giant flower, and this is one of the prototype petals. The concept is that a starshade and telescope could launch together, with the petals unfurling from the stowed position. The central truss would expand,
Video examples
People Don’t Listen PIPE...
feature I listened to the first few seconds and then my mind goes elsewhere I've heard all before I'm reading my magazine and listening to music so I don't pay attention a lot of pastors don't feel that see if the instructions will be beneficial to them please stow those large probably figure if we're
Video examples
How the Monkey King...
The Monkey King stowed the weapon away, and gleefully sped back to his kingdom to show this treasure to his tribe of warrior monkeys. After a lavish celebration, Sun Wukong fell into a deep sleep. But just as he began to dream, the Monkey King quickly realized two things.
Video examples
Fire Ants vs. The World...
probably stowing away in ballast on a Brazilian cargo ship now they've spread across several southern states the ants build large nests in the soil and once established are known to devastate the ecosystem around them they've been known
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
her unwanted visitor is now running circles around her stewards. They’re attempting to stow her possessions securely into wagons. Boraqchin orders them to get it under control – but she’s the only one quick enough to catch the stray.
Video examples
The myth of Loki’s...
Her flesh flaked onto the ground as she silently submitted to her captors. Finally, the third child leapt at Tyr. The small wolf was fierce but harmless. Tyr playfully cuffed its claws and stowed the cub in his pocket.
Video examples
Ryan Phelan: The...
did they cause the disasters that people fear so much. And yes, your classic stories of humans intervening in nature and causing disasters, like bringing rodents to islands, that stowed away on colonial sailing ships.
Video examples
Billy Collins: Everyday...
because the mice might get into them and start a fire. But your face was absolutely straight when you twisted the lid down on the round tin where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
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Safari Live - Day 265 PIPE...
forward well that's the ritual they go through and they tend to raise the leg and there she is even if I know controls his yeah or force in an even when we stow it boom
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Tananarive Due
American Author
As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.
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Debbie Ford
American Author
Resentments and grudges are two of the main culprits that perpetuate cycles of self-abuse and victimhood. Stowed away inside you like parasites, they deplete you of your God-given life force and separate you from your inherent worth, your joy, and the love in your heart.
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Matthew Tobin Anderson
American Author
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever I'm reading on the lower shelf, but more importantly, it's where I keep a collection of ghost books.
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Luke Scott
American Athlete
I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people through vicious and violent video games.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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Tananarive Due
American Author
As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.
Quote examples
Debbie Ford
American Author
Resentments and grudges are two of the main culprits that perpetuate cycles of self-abuse and victimhood. Stowed away inside you like parasites, they deplete you of your God-given life force and separate you from your inherent worth, your joy, and the love in your heart.
Quote examples
Matthew Tobin Anderson
American Author
The bedroom in my apartment is far too small to hold a nightstand. There is, however, this bookshelf. Yes, I stow whatever I'm reading on the lower shelf, but more importantly, it's where I keep a collection of ghost books.
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Luke Scott
American Athlete
I've carried a gun for 10 years. I've carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself, and I stow it away where nobody really knows about it.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people through vicious and violent video games.
Quote examples
Pat Conroy
American Writer
Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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