stows

Verb

stow (third-person singular simple present stows, present participle stowing, simple past and past participle stowed)

1. (transitive) To put something away in a compact and tidy manner, in its proper place, or in a suitable place.
2. (transitive) To store or pack something in a space-saving manner and over a long time.
   • Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way.1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove
3. (transitive) To arrange, pack, or fill something tightly or closely.
4. (transitive) To dispose of, lodge, or hide somebody somewhere.
   • Ar.[…]The Marriners all vnder hatches ſtowed, / Who, with a Charme ioynd to their ſuffred labour / I haue left aſleep :[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
5. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To cease; to stop doing something.
   • But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)

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