3 VERB When you store information, you keep it in your memory, in a file, or in a computer. □ [V n] Where in the brain do we store information about colours? □ [V n] …chips for storing data in electronic equipment.
4 N‑COUNT A store of things is a supply of them that you keep somewhere until you need them. □ [+ of ] I handed over my secret store of chocolate biscuits.
5 N‑COUNT A store is a place where things are kept while they are not being used. □ [+ for ] …a decision taken in 1982 to build a store for spent fuel from submarines. □ …a grain store.
6 N‑COUNT If you have a store of knowledge, jokes, or stories, you have a large amount of them ready to be used. □ [+ of ] He possessed a vast store of knowledge.
7 → see also chain store , cold store , department store
8 PHRASE If something is in store for you, it is going to happen at some time in the future. □ There were also surprises in store for me. □ Who knows what lies in store for the President?
9 PHRASE If you set great store by something, you think that it is extremely important or necessary. [FORMAL ] □ …a retail group which sets great store by traditional values.
▸ store away → see store 2
▸ store up PHRASAL VERB If you store something up , you keep it until you think that the time is right to use it. □ [V P n] Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster. [Also V n P ]
store|card /stɔː r kɑː r d/ (storecards ) also store card N‑COUNT A storecard is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, usually use charge card
sto re de|te c|tive (store detectives ) N‑COUNT A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
store|front /stɔː r frʌnt/ (storefronts )
1 N‑COUNT A storefront is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, usually use shop front 2 N‑COUNT [oft N n] A storefront is a small shop or office that opens onto the street and is part of a row of shops or offices. [AM ] □ …a tiny storefront office on the main street.
store|house /stɔː r haʊs/ (storehouses ) N‑COUNT A storehouse is a building in which things, usually food, are stored.
store|keeper /stɔː r kiːpə r / (storekeepers ) N‑COUNT A storekeeper is a shopkeeper. [mainly AM ]
store|room /stɔː ruːm/ (storerooms ) N‑COUNT A storeroom is a room in which you keep things until they are needed. □ …a storeroom filled with massive old furniture covered with dust.
sto|rey /stɔː ri/ (storeys ) in AM, use story N‑COUNT A storey of a building is one of its different levels, which is situated above or below other levels. □ …the upper storeys of the Empire State Building.
-storey /-stɔː ri/ in AM, use -story 1 COMB -storey is used after numbers to form adjectives that indicate that a building has a particular number of floors or levels. □ …a modern three-storey building.
2 → see also multi-storey
-storeyed /-stɔː rid/ in AM, use -storied COMB -storeyed means the same as -storey . □ The streets were lined with two-storeyed houses.
stork /stɔː r k/ (storks ) N‑COUNT A stork is a large bird with a long beak and long legs, which lives near water.
storm ◆◇◇ /stɔː r m/ (storms , storming , stormed )
1 N‑COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning. □ …the violent storms which whipped America's East Coast.
2 N‑COUNT If something causes a storm , it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people. □ The photos caused a storm when they were first published. □ [+ of ] …the storm of publicity that Richard's book had generated.
3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A storm of applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something. □ [+ of ] His speech was greeted with a storm of applause.
4 VERB If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry. □ [V adv/prep] He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was.
5 VERB If a place that is being defended is stormed , a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it. □ [be V -ed] Government buildings have been stormed and looted. □ [V n] The refugees decided to storm the embassy. ● storm|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the storming of the Bastille.
6 → see also firestorm
7 PHRASE If someone or something takes a place by storm , they are extremely successful. □ Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.
8 PHRASE If someone weathers the storm , they succeed in reaching the end of a very difficult period without much harm or damage. □ He insists he will not resign and will weather the storm.