Store - English meaning

verb

Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

Usage examples:

Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence

verb

To collect a large number of things over a long period of time

Usage examples:

As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes., the co…

verb

To gradually increase in number or amount

Usage examples:

A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room., if you don't go through the papers on your desk…

noun

The acquisition or gradual gathering of something.

Usage examples:

The accumulation of wealth

noun

An amount of something that has been collected

Usage examples:

Despite this accumulation of evidence, the government persisted in doing nothing., accumulations of…

verb

First person singular present of be.

abbreviation

Amplitude modulation.

noun

An assembly member (i.e. a member of the welsh assembly).

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

Usage examples:

Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

Usage examples:

The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

Usage examples:

She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

noun

A collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place.

Usage examples:

An arms cache

verb

Store away in hiding or for future use.

Usage examples:

He decided that they must cache their weapons

noun

A secret or hidden store of things, or the place where they are kept

Usage examples:

Authorities believe the robber was after a hidden cache of $2,500 kept in a box under the counter.

verb

Bring or gather together (a number of things).

Usage examples:

He went round the office collecting old coffee cups

adjective

(of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

A collect call

adverb

(with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

I called my mother collect

verb

Gather together and combine.

Usage examples:

The systems cumulate data over a period of years

noun

An igneous rock formed by gravitational settling of particles in a magma.

Usage examples:

They appear to have formed from cumulates in the root of a magma chamber

verb

To collect a large amount of something over a period of time by gradually adding more

Usage examples:

The system has the ability to cumulate data over a number of years., they have cumulated debts of o…

noun

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Usage examples:

Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits

verb

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.

Usage examples:

He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table

noun

An amount of money paid into an account

Usage examples:

She made a large deposit last thursday., will you get your deposit back if you cancel the trip?, th…

noun

A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

He had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment

verb

Provide with money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

The world bank refused to fund the project

noun

A sum of money saved and made available for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A scholarship fund for college students, the company’s pension fund, he plans to donate money to fu…

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Assemble or get together

noun

An untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other.

Usage examples:

A heap of cardboard boxes

adverb

A great deal.

Usage examples:

‘how do you like maggie?’ ‘i like you heaps better!’

verb

Put (objects or a loose substance) in a heap.

Usage examples:

She heaped logs on the fire

noun

A stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded.

Usage examples:

He came back to rescue his little hoard of gold

verb

Accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away.

Usage examples:

Thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector

verb

To collect a large supply of something, more than you need now, often because you think you will not be able to get it later

Usage examples:

Many people hoarded food in wartime.

noun

A complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.

Usage examples:

About 6 per cent of the slaves listed as sick in inventories of sugar properties suffered from cans…

verb

Make a complete list of.

Usage examples:

I inventoried his collection of drawings

verb

A detailed list of all the items in stock

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Food, clothes, and other essentials for living.

Usage examples:

The society are paying for your keep

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

noun

The amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal

Usage examples:

The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons., load of they delivered two loads of wood to t…

noun

An excavation in the earth for extracting coal or other minerals.

Usage examples:

A copper mine

verb

Obtain (coal or other minerals) from a mine.

Usage examples:

The company came to the area to mine phosphate

possessive pronoun

Used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker.

Usage examples:

You go your way and i'll go mine

noun

A heap of things laid or lying one on top of another.

Usage examples:

He placed the books in a neat pile

verb

Place (things) one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

She piled all the groceries on the counter

verb

Strengthen or support (a structure) with piles.

Usage examples:

An earlier bridge may have been piled

noun

A small area of still water, typically one formed naturally.

Usage examples:

The natural lake water interchanges with the pool area water, keeping it clean.

verb

(of liquid) form a pool on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

Sweat pooled in the hollow of my back

verb

(of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund.

Usage examples:

They entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Usage examples:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Usage examples:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

idiom

To not use something, especially an amount of money, in order to keep it for later use

Usage examples:

We have put some money on one side for next year's summer holiday.

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.

Usage examples:

He accompanied one of the dances, and his repertoire of bagpipe tunes is extensive.

noun

All the music, plays, dances, operas, etc., that a person or a group can perform, or that exist in a particular type of activity related to the arts

Usage examples:

Americans don’t know the american repertoire, aside from gershwin.

noun

The performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals.

Usage examples:

A repertory actor

noun

A series of performances by a group of actors or dancers presenting several different works during a particular period, or a repertoire

noun

The repeated performance of several plays one after the other by one company of actors

Usage examples:

Repertory company/group/theatre she joined a repertory company/group/theatre after school.

verb

Retain for future use.

Usage examples:

Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

noun

A supply of a commodity not needed for immediate use but available if required.

Usage examples:

Australia has major coal, gas, and uranium reserves

noun

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

Usage examples:

The more water we use, the more land has to be flooded for reservoirs

Lake used to store water for community use

noun

A natural or artificial lake for storing and supplying water for an area

Usage examples:

There’s a tremendous reservoir of goodwill out there.

verb

Keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.

Usage examples:

They brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy

noun

(in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring.

Usage examples:

The keeper made a great save

preposition

Other than; except for.

Usage examples:

No one needed to know save herself

phrasal verb

Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

phrasal verb

To save for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

He sets aside some time every day to read to his children., after melting the chocolate, set it asi…

phrasal verb

To save something, especially money, for a special purpose

Usage examples:

Businesses that create new jobs are eligible for a tax credit, for which the state currently sets a…

noun

The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

Usage examples:

The store has a very low turnover of stock

adjective

(of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale.

Usage examples:

25 per cent off stock items

verb

Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.

Usage examples:

Most supermarkets now stock a range of organic produce

noun

A large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency.

Usage examples:

A stockpile of sandbags was being prepared

verb

Accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials).

Usage examples:

He claimed that the weapons were being stockpiled

noun

A large amount of goods kept ready for future use

Usage examples:

A stockpile of wheat, she stockpiled chocolate bars in her car.

verb

Pack or store (an object) carefully and neatly in a particular place.

Usage examples:

Barney began stowing her luggage into the boot

verb

To put something in a place where it can be kept safely

Usage examples:

Please stow your carry-on bags under the seat in front of you.

verb

Make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide.

Usage examples:

The farm supplies apples to cider makers

noun

A stock or amount of something supplied or available for use.

Usage examples:

A farm with good water supply

adverb

Variant spelling of supplely (see supple).

noun

An abundance of valuable possessions or money.

Usage examples:

He used his considerable wealth to bribe officials

noun

A large amount of money and other valuable possessions

Usage examples:

His wealth is so great that money doesn’t mean much to him., jim has a wealth of teaching experienc…

noun

A large amount of money, property, or valuable possessions that a person or a country owns

Usage examples:

Create/build/generate wealth leaders in business must create wealth and jobs., accrue/accumulate we…