store up

verb

To build up a supply of (something), usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.

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Meanings

verbstore up (third-person singular simple present stores up, present participle storing up, simple past and past participle stored up)

present singular third person stores up · participle present storing up · participle past stored up · past stored up

  1. transitiveTo build up a supply of (something), usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.

    They should store up an untold wealth of heroic sentiment; they should acquire the habit of carrying a literary quality in their conversation; they should carry a heart full of the fresh and delightful associations and memories connected with poetry hours to brighten mature years.

    1904, Mary Elizabeth Burt, Poems That Every Child Should Know, Preface

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Arabic كَدَّسَ, كَوَّمَ
  • كَدَّسَ (kaddasa)to build up a supply of something
  • كَوَّمَ (kawwama)to build up a supply of something
Latin compercō
  • compercōto build up a supply of something
Polish składować, magazynować
  • składowaćto build up a supply of something
  • magazynowaćto build up a supply of something
  • zmagazynowaćto build up a supply of something
  • zamagazynowaćto build up a supply of something
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APA

store up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/store%20up

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“store up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/store%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “store up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/store%20up.

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