lay store by

Variant of store

store definition

store (stôr)

transitive verb stored, storing stor′·ing

  1. to put aside, or accumulate, for use when needed
  2. to fill or furnish with a supply or stock a mind stored with trivia
  3. to put, as in a warehouse, for safekeeping
  4. to be a place for the storage of
  5. Comput. to put or keep (information) on a disk, tape, etc.

Etymology: ME storen < OFr estorer, to erect, furnish, store < L instaurare, to repair, restore, erect < in-, in- + -staurare < IE base *stā-, to stand

intransitive verb

to undergo storage in a specified manner

noun

  1. a supply (of something) for use when needed; reserve; stock
  2. supplies, esp. of food, clothing, arms, etc.
  3. ☆ a retail establishment where goods are regularly offered for sale
  4. a place where supplies are kept; storehouse; warehouse
  5. a great amount or number; abundance

Etymology: ME < OFr estor < the v.

adjective

of a kind sold in stores; being a commercial or mass-produced article

Related Forms:

store Idioms

in store

set aside for, or awaiting one in, the future; in reserve or in prospect

mind the store

to tend to business

set store by

or put store by or lay store by
to have regard or esteem for; value

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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