storing

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 © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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