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STOW AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stow away mean?
• STOW AWAY (verb)
The verb STOW AWAY has 1 sense:
1. hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation
Familiarity information: STOW AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter
Hypernyms (to "stow away" is one way to...):
hide; hide out (be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
stowaway (a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage)
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