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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STORE, n.
1. A large number; as a store of years.
2. A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as a store of wheat or provisions.
3. A stock provided; a large quantity for supply; ample abundance. The troops have great stores of provisions and ammunition. The ships have stores for a long voyage. [This the present usual acceptation of the word, and in this sense the plural, stores, is commonly used. When applied to a single article of supply, it is still sometimes used in the singular; as a good store of wine or of bread.]
4. Quantity accumulated; fund; abundance; as stores of knowledge.
5. A storehouse; a magazine; a warehouse. Nothing can be more convenient than the stores on Central wharf in Boston.
6. In the United States, shops for the sale of goods of any kind, by wholesale or retail, are often called stores.
In store, in a state of accumulation, in a literal sense; hence, in a state of preparation for supply; in a state of readiness. Happiness is laid up in store for the righteous; misery is in store for the wicked.
STORE, a. Hoarded; laid up; as store treasure. [Not in use.]
STORE, v.t.
1. To furnish; to supply; to replenish.
Wise Plato said the world with men was stord.
Her mind with thousand virtues stord.
2. To stock against a future time; as a garrison well stored with provisions.
One having stored a pond of four acres with carp, tench and other fish--
3. To reposit in a store or warehouse for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: shop, store]
2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock, fund]
3: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" [syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board]
4: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store] v
1: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" [syn: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away]
2: find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb (stored; storing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estorer to establish, restore, supply, from Latin instaurare to resume, restore Date: 13th century 1. lay away, accumulate <store vegetables for winter use> <an organism that absorbs and stores DDT> 2. furnish, supply; especially to stock against a future time <store a ship with provisions> 3. to place or leave in a location (as a warehouse, library, or computer memory) for preservation or later use or disposal 4. to provide storage room for ; hold <elevators for storing surplus wheat> • storable adjective II. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. something that is stored or kept for future use b. plural articles (as of food) accumulated for some specific object and drawn upon as needed ; stock, supplies c. something that is accumulated d. a source from which things may be drawn as needed ; a reserve fund 2. storage — usually used with in <when placing eggs in store — Dublin Sunday Independent> 3. value, importance <set great store by a partner's opinion> 4. a large quantity, supply, or number ; abundance 5. a. storehouse, warehouse b. chiefly British memory 4 6. a business establishment where usually diversified goods are kept for retail sale <a grocery store> — compare shop III. adjective Date: 1574 1. (or stores) of, relating to, kept in, or used for a store 2. purchased from a store as opposed to being natural or homemade ; manufactured, ready-made <store clothes> <store bread>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a quantity of something kept available for use (a store of wine; a store of wit). 2 (in pl.) a articles for a particular purpose accumulated for use (naval stores). b a supply of these or the place where they are kept. 3 a = department store. b esp. US any retail outlet or shop. c (often in pl.) a shop selling basic necessities (general stores). 4 a warehouse for the temporary keeping of furniture etc. 5 a device in a computer for storing retrievable data; a memory. --v.tr. 1 put (furniture etc.) in store. 2 (often foll. by up, away) accumulate (stores, energy, electricity, etc.) for future use. 3 stock or provide with something useful (a mind stored with facts). 4 (of a receptacle) have storage capacity for. 5 enter or retain (data) for retrieval. Phrases and idioms: in store 1 kept in readiness. 2 coming in the future. 3 (foll. by for) destined or intended. set (or lay or put) store by (or on) consider important or valuable. Derivatives: storable adj. storer n. Etymology: ME f. obs. astore (n. & v.) f. OF estore, estorer f. L instaurare renew: cf. RESTORE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Store Store, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See Store, v. t.] 1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. The ships are fraught with store of victuals. --Bacon. With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and give the prize. --Milton. 2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. 3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies] 4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. --Chaucer. In store, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a state of readiness. ``I have better news in store for thee.'' --Shak. Store clothes, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.] Store pay, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.] To set store by, to value greatly; to have a high appreciation of. To tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of no importance. Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation; provision. Usage: Store, Shop. The English call the place where goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a shop, and confine the word store to its original meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are stored. In America the word store is applied to all places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In some British colonies the word store is used as in the United States.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Store Store, a. Accumulated; hoarded. --Bacon.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Store Store, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stored; p. pr. & vb. n. Storing.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. Instore, Instaurate, Restore, Story a floor.] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. 2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. 3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stores, storing, stored) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A store is a building or part of a building where things are sold. In British English, store is used mainly to refer to a large shop selling a variety of goods, but in American English a store can be any size of shop. ...grocery stores. ...a record store. N-COUNT 2. When you store things, you put them in a container or other place and leave them there until they are needed. Store the cookies in an airtight tin... Some types of garden furniture must be stored inside in the winter. = keep VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv • Store away means the same as store. He simply stored the tapes away... He's stored away nearly one ton of potatoes. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 3. When you store information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer. Where in the brain do we store information about colours? ...chips for storing data in electronic equipment. VERB: V n, V n 4. A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them. I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits... N-COUNT: usu N of n 5. A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used. ...a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines. ...a grain store. N-COUNT: usu with supp 6. If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used. He possessed a vast store of knowledge... N-COUNT: usu N of n 7. see also chain store, cold store, department store 8. If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future. There were also surprises in store for me... Who knows what lies in store for the President? PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR for n 9. If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. (FORMAL) ...a retail group which sets great store by traditional values. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Stock, supply, fund, hoard, treasure, treasury, provision, accumulation. 2. Abundance, plenty, great quantity, great number. 3. Warehouse, magazine, storehouse, repository, depot. 4. Shop. II. v. a. 1. Garner, hoard, husband, deposit, save, reserve, treasure up, lay in, lay up, lay by, set by, store up, lay in store. 2. Supply, furnish, stock, replenish, provide.

Moby Thesaurus

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