stash
verb (used with object)
to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed byaway ).
stashed
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past participleof stash.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stash.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stashverb (used with object)to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed byaway ).
Example Sentences
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Then he eyed the canvas tote bag where I’d stashed a notepad and some audio gear.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
But you don’t need to be fluent in markets jargon or have thousands of dollars stashed away to get started.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
As I dug through historical documents—newspaper archives, foundation reports and budgets, a trove of his letters stashed in a museum—I wanted to know how Dorr became so passionate about such a peculiar cause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The nibbled plants are stashed in small piles amongst the reeds by the water voles to eat later.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Or, rather, they passed by a chapel that was thought to contain the conqueror’s mummified body; the actual remains turned up years later, stashed inside two metal boxes beneath the main altar.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
