stowed away; stowing away; stows away
: to secrete oneself aboard a vehicle as a means of obtaining transportation
Examples of stowaway in a Sentence
Noun
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Just as authorities fretted about Christmas Covid spikes, so vets are trying to prevent trailers from clanking back home with microscopic stowaways replicating in udder cells.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 16 July 2024
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
This all-in-one desktop file organizer stows away your pens, pencils, documents and other office supplies.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 30 July 2024
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Noun
In the comedy adventure, 78-year-old grumpy widower Carl (Ed Asner) floats to South America in his house tied to balloons with 8-year-old stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Just as authorities fretted about Christmas Covid spikes, so vets are trying to prevent trailers from clanking back home with microscopic stowaways replicating in udder cells.
—Eric Boodman, STAT, 16 July 2024
Verb
Unfortunately for everybody, an alien stowed away on her space vessel.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
This all-in-one desktop file organizer stows away your pens, pencils, documents and other office supplies.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 30 July 2024
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 24 Aug. 2024.
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stowaway
1 of 2 noun
stow·away
ˈstō-ə-ˌwā 
: one who stows away : an unregistered passenger
stow away
2 of 2 verbˌstō-ə-ˈwā
: to hide aboard a vehicle to obtain transportation
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