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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Eric Boodman, STAT, 16 July 2024
Do snakes often become stowaways in Arizona vehicles?
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
Nora Colomer, Fox News, 30 July 2024
Herpes viruses are wily and can stow away quietly in the roots of nerves.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 30 July 2024
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Noun
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
Do snakes often become stowaways in Arizona vehicles?
—Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
Verb
This all-in-one desktop file organizer stows away your pens, pencils, documents and other office supplies.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 30 July 2024
Herpes viruses are wily and can stow away quietly in the roots of nerves.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 30 July 2024
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 18 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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