- store
- store [stôr]vt.stored, storing [ME storen < OFr estorer, to erect, furnish, store < L instaurare, to repair, restore, erect < in-, IN-1 + -staurare < IE base * stā-, to STAND]1. to put aside, or accumulate, for use when needed2. to fill or furnish with a supply or stock [a mind stored with trivia]3. to put, as in a warehouse, for safekeeping4. to be a place for the storage of5. Comput. to put or keep (information) on a disk, tape, etc.vi.to undergo storage in a specified mannern.[ME < OFr estor < the v.]1. a supply (of something) for use when needed; reserve; stock2. [pl.] supplies, esp. of food, clothing, arms, etc.☆ 3. a retail establishment where goods are regularly offered for sale4. a place where supplies are kept; storehouse; warehouse5. a great amount or number; abundanceadj.of a kind sold in stores; being a commercial or mass-produced article——————in storeset aside for, or awaiting one in, the future; in reserve or in prospect——————☆ mind the storeto tend to business——————set store by or put store by or lay store byto have regard or esteem for; valuestorableadj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.