stashing
present participle ofstash
stash
verb[T]
informaluk/stæʃ/us/stæʃ/tostoreorhidesomething,especiallyalargeamount:
Thestolenpictureswere stashed(away)in awarehouse.
Heneededaplaceto stash somecash.
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hoardverb
to keep something
- keepI've kept all my grandmother's jewellery.
- storeI've stored all Helen's books in the attic.
- stashHis money was stashed in a cupboard.
- saveI have some really good chocolates that I've been saving for a special occasion.
- hang ontoYou should hang onto that picture - it might be worth something.
- Hughesownedcountlessaircraft, which he stashed all over thecountry.
- Severalpowerfulbombswerefoundstashed in thetrunkof hisrentalcar.
- Mygutfeelingis he's got thestuffstashedsomewhere.
Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- bogart
- capacitance
- capture
- cling
- dump
- keep(something/someone)back
- lay
- laysomethingaside
- laysomethingdown
- laysomethingin
- maintain
- stash
- stockpile
- stockpiling
- storage
- store
- trap
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Hiding and disguising
Examplesofstashing
stashing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
None of us is attempting to defend thestashingaway of cash.
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A body that dealt with tax collection might have to make covert inquiries to establish whether someone wasstashingmoney away.
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The high value of the pound has facilitated the massive export of capital—stashingaway overseas the benefits from oil.
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He discovers a bottle of steroids, and a creepy shrine of his personal belongings that she has been secretlystashing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The kit came with a miniature garter belt and even fake money forstashinginto it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rule prevented the wealthiest teams from signing all of the best players and fromstashingthose players in their farm systems.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They used the place as a safe haven forstashingtheir booty and for selling it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ruffed lemurs also build nests for their newborns (the only primates that do so), carry them by mouth, and exhibit an absentee parental system bystashingthem while they forage.
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- have-your-back-to-against-the-wall
- have your business, sensible, etc. head on
- have-your-business-sensible-etc-head-on
- have your cake and eat it (too)
- have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too
- have your day in court
- have-your-day-in-court
- have your differences
- have your eye on something
- have your eye on sth
- have-your-eye-on-sth
- have your (fair) share of something
- have your (fair) share of sth
- have-your-fair-share-of-sth
- have your feet on the ground
- have your finger on the trigger
- have-your-finger-on-the-trigger
- have your fingers in the till
- have-your-fingers-in-the-till
- have your hands full
- have-your-hands-full
- have your head (buried/stuck) in a book
- have-your-head-buried-stuck-in-a-book
- have your head in the clouds
- have-your-head-in-the-clouds