store verb

/stɔːr/

/stɔːr/ v [T usually + adverb or preposition]

Definition

to put or keep things in a special place for use in the future

The data is stored on a hard disk and backed up on a CD.

I stored my possessions in my mother's house while I was living in Spain.

I've stored my thick sweaters and jackets (away) until next winter.

Squirrels store (up) nuts for the winter.

(Definition of store verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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