“stored” is a form of
store
UK /stɔː/ · US /stɔɹ/ noun, verb
Forms stores storing stored storest storedst storeth
- noun A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept. “This building used to be a store for old tires.”
- noun A supply held in storage. “They keep a store of canned goods in their basement.”
- noun (mainly North American) A building (or portion thereof) where items may be purchased. “Dad went to the store to get milk and bread.”
- noun (computing, dated) Memory. “The main store of 1000 36-bit words seemed large at the time.”
- noun A great quantity or number; abundance.
- verb (transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose. “I'll store these books in the attic.”
- verb To contain. “The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.”
- verb Have the capacity and capability to contain. “They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.”
- verb (transitive, computing) To write (something) into memory or registers. “This operation stores the result on the stack.”
- verb (transitive) To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.
Synonyms
storeroom stockroom warehouse magazine stock supply cache stash shop retail store retail outlet fund memory computer memory storage computer storage memory board storehouse depot entrepot hive away lay in put in salt away stack away stash away
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.
- adjective Accumulated; hoarded. Bacon.
- verb To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
Etymology [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See Store, v. t.]
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “store”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details