stash

verb \ ˈstash \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: stash in a Sentence

Definition of stash

stashed; stashing; stashes

transitive verb

: to store in a usually secret place for future use —often used with away

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Examples of stash in a Sentence

The police found where he had stashed the drugs.
The gifts were stashed in the closet.
He stashed the equipment under the bed.
We wondered what they had stashed in their backpacks.

Recent Examples of stash from the Web

Think of it as the Airbnb of file storage — Sia uses blockchain’s encryption to give you a unique key that prevents anybody else from seeing your files, and for backup purposes stashes a minimum of 10 copies of each file around its network.

— andy rosen, BostonGlobe.com, "Will blockchain change the way we buy everything, and even the way we vote?," 12 June 2018
Tiger Rapids opens like a traditional pen-and-paper notebook, stashing its digital pen within a pen loop to the right.

— mark hachman, PCWorld, "How Intel is quietly designing the future of dual-display PCs inside its labs," 4 June 2018
However, an elite of 20-odd firms with piles of cash stashed abroad accounted for a third of this rise.

— The Economist, "Six muddles about share buy-backs," 31 May 2018
Suns likely to stash draft pick The Suns have four draft picks – Nos.

— scott bordow, azcentral, "Phoenix Suns hope Corliss Williamson's 'Big Nasty' playing style rubs off on big men," 31 May 2018
Whitley also had a loaded firearm stashed under his pillow in bed, court records said.

— jared gilmour, kansascity, "Chicago cop paid teen runaways for sex. Out-of-state condoms made it a federal crime, records say | The Kansas City Star," 18 May 2018
After the covert entry, lawyers and clients are confronted with a wall of lockers where visitors are instructed to stash their cell phones and other electronics before proceeding.

— evan perez, CNN, "Hot Pockets, mismatched chairs and a critical mission: Inside year one of the Mueller investigation," 17 May 2018
George waited until his brother was asleep, then stashed the gun in his truck for safekeeping.

— jessica pressler, Daily Intelligencer, "The Tragic End to a Longtime Black-Car Driver’s Campaign Against Uber," 15 May 2018
Paper Boi says, referencing Earn’s quick decision to stash Al’s uncle’s gun in a different bag to protect the men.

— hannah giorgis, The Atlantic, "Donald Glover, Atlanta, and the Ties That Bind," 11 May 2018

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Origin and Etymology of stash

origin unknown

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First Known Use: 1797

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stash Synonyms

Synonyms

cache, hoard, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stockpile, store, stow, treasure;

Near Antonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload;

consume, squander, use up, waste;

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender;

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend;

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish;

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter;

heap, pile, stack;

conserve, husband, preserve;

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold;

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete;

Phrases

set aside;

stash

noun

Definition of stash

1 : hiding place : cache

2 : something stored or hidden away

a stash of narcotics

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Examples of stash in a Sentence

keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one

Recent Examples of stash from the Web

The individuals found in the two-bedroom stash house were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

— amanda jackson, CNN, "Acting on a tip, Border Patrol raided a two-bedroom house. They found 62 people inside.," 13 June 2018
Like the squirrels, the food stashes can also be a valuable inheritance for later family members that come along.

— brian gordon green, National Geographic, "Why a Squirrel Stashed 50 Pounds of Pine Cones in a Car," 9 June 2018
Remember the secret stash of 50 superdelegates that Barack Obama was supposed to roll out after his March 4 losses to Hillary Clinton in Texas and Ohio?

— Newsweek, "Analysis," 14 Mar. 2018
But the strangeness of the situation led to further investigation of Gurlitt’s finances, and a search warrant for his Munich apartment that in February 2012 uncovered one of the most extraordinary stashes of art since the end of World War II.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Persistent Crime of Nazi-Looted Art," 11 Mar. 2018
Memo to drivers carrying drugs, a stash of money, and an arsenal of weapons in your car: Lay off the horn.

— howard cohen, miamiherald, "This felon had an AR-15, AK-47, a load of drugs — and then he honked at us, cops say | Miami Herald," 7 Mar. 2018
That means many retirees face a jigsaw puzzle of payments, requiring them to piece together an income from their workplace retirement stashes and individual retirement accounts to supplement Social Security.

— ann carrns, New York Times, "No Pension? You Can ‘Pensionize’ Your Savings," 1 Mar. 2018
My favorite layering system includes merino base layers, a pile fabric, one or two stash-able thin down vests for a mid-layer and something to block wind or rain either as a dual-action mid-layer or outer shell.

— author: christine cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, "Cold facts: You’ll be warmer if you relax rather than resist," 31 Jan. 2018
The patrol says the stash was a record fentanyl seizure in Nebraska and estimates the drugs may have been worth up to $20 million on the street.

— Fox News, "Patrol: Fentanyl seizure keeps killer drug off streets," 25 May 2018