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 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.

vi.

to undergo storage in a specified manner

n.

[ME < OFr estor < the v.]

1. a supply (of something) for use when needed; reserve; stock

2. [pl.] 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

adj.

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

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in store

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

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☆ mind the store

to tend to business

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set store by or put store by or lay store by

to have regard or esteem for; value

storable

adj.