stow B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /stoʊ/ UK /stəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to pack or store something carefully and neatly in a particular place Please stow your luggage in the overhead compartment. 2 verb to hide or conceal something He stowed the documents in a secret drawer. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to pack or store something... packstorestashtuck awayput away 2 verb · to hide or conceal something hideconcealstashsecretetuck away ↔ Opposites unpackremovedisplay Common collocations stow away Verb + adverb Etymology AI details From Old English stowian ('to place, put'), via Middle English stowen ('to place, arrange'), into Modern English stow ('to pack or store'). Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stow **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /stoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /stəʊ/ ## Meanings 1. to pack or store something carefully and neatly in a particular place 2. to hide or conceal something ## Examples - Please stow your luggage in the overhead compartment. - He stowed the documents in a secret drawer. ## Synonyms - pack - store - stash - tuck away - put away - hide - conceal - secrete ## Antonyms - unpack - remove - display ## Etymology From Old English stowian ('to place, put'), via Middle English stowen ('to place, arrange'), into Modern English stow ('to pack or store'). ## AI Etymology Stow comes from Old English stowian ('to place, put'), via Middle English stowen ('to place, arrange'), into Modern English stow ('to pack or store'). In current use it is a verb meaning "to pack or store something carefully and neatly in a particular place". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense. ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown