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tidy | store |

As a proper noun tidy

is .

As a verb store is

.

tidy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
  • * Tusser
  • if weather be fair and tidy
  • (lb) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
  • Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
  • Arranged neatly and in order.
  • Keep Britain tidy .
  • Not messy; neat and controlled.
  • Satisfactory; comfortable.
  • (informal) Generous, considerable.
  • The scheme made a tidy profit.

    Synonyms

    * neat * orderly * presentable * spick and span

    Antonyms

    * messy * untidy

    Derived terms

    * hair-tidy

    Verb

  • To make tidy; to neaten.
  • Noun

    (tidies)
  • A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
  • a desk tidy
  • A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
  • (dated) A child's pinafore.
  • (Wright)
  • The wren.
  • (Drayton)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Wales) Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.
  • Usage notes

    Often used by people from South Wales to end a sentence or as a reply to a question meaning "Great" or "Fine", for example "I'm going to the shops for ten fags" may get the reply "Tidy." 1000 English basic words

    store

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
  • A supply held in storage.
  • *
  • By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
  • (label) A place where items may be purchased.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
  • , title=, chapter=1 , passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store , an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
  • Memory.
  • A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
  • A great quantity or number.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.

    Synonyms

    * (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memory

    Derived terms

    * company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroom

    Verb

    (stor)
  • (transitive)  To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
  • (computing)  Write (something) into memory or registers.
  • (intransitive)  To remain in good condition while stored.
  • Derived terms

    * store away * store up

    See also

    * ("store" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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