stowaway
part of speech
noun (a stowaway, stowaways); verb (stow away, stows away, stowed away, stowing away)
meaning for a pupil
1) A stowaway is a person who hides on a ship, plane, train or lorry to travel without paying or without being allowed. tree →
2) To stow away (verb, two words) is to hide on a vehicle like that in order to travel secretly. tree →
3) (playful) A stowaway can be an animal or thing that travelled by accident, like a spider in a box of bananas. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and adventure books, a stowaway hides in a ship's hold or a lifeboat and is discovered at sea. In history, some famous explorers' ships had stowaways. In safety and real life, stowing away is very dangerous and against the law. In news, animals such as snakes or frogs sometimes turn up as stowaways in luggage or fruit. Phrases: «a stowaway on board», «stow away on a ship».
examples
- The sailors found a stowaway hiding among the barrels. tree →
- In the story, the boy stowed away on a pirate ship. tree →
- A tiny frog was a stowaway in our bag of salad. tree →
- Stowing away on a plane is extremely dangerous. tree →
- The cat had stowed away in the removal van. tree →
- The captain made the stowaway work in the kitchen. tree →
- A spider was a stowaway in the box of bananas. tree →
- Some stowaways were found inside a lorry at the port. tree →
note
The noun is one word «stowaway»; the verb is two words «stow away». «Stow» alone means to pack something away neatly («stow your bags under the seat»).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stowaway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.