storing

Verb

store (third-person singular simple present stores, present participle storing, simple past and past participle stored)

1. (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
   • I'll store these books in the attic.
2. To contain.
   • The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.
3. Have the capacity and capability to contain.
   • They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.
4. (transitive) To write (something) into memory or registers.
   • This operation stores the result on the stack.
5. (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
   • ON the Weſt of Tebeth lies the Province of Kaindu ᵈ, under its own Kings, till conquered by the Khân. It contains many Cities ; the Capital is of the ſame Name, and ſtands in the Entrance of the Province. Here is a great Salt-Lake, ſtored with Fiſh, and ſo affluent in Pearls, that they would be of...1747, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, volume IV, London: Thomas Astley, →OCLC, page 594, columns 1–2

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