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STASH AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stash away mean? 

STASH AWAY (verb)
  The verb STASH AWAY has 1 sense:

1. keep or lay aside for future useplay

  Familiarity information: STASH AWAY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STASH AWAY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep or lay aside for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store

Context example:

The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

Hypernyms (to "stash away" is one way to...):

hold on; keep (retain possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stash away"):

bin (store in bins)

computerise; computerize (store in a computer)

victual (lay in provisions)

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)

hive (store, like bees)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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