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verb

1. To put or keep out of sight: bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, hide¹, occult, secrete. Slang plant. See show/hide.
2. To store up (supplies or money), usually well beyond one's needs: hoard, squirrel (away), stockpile, treasure. See collect/distribute, give/take/reciprocity.

noun

A supply stored or hidden for future use: backlog, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, store, treasure. See collect/distribute.

1. stash
   Also stach
   verb trans., dated
   
   1: To bring (a matter, a practice) to an end; to leave (a place); often imperative. to stash up to bring to an abrupt end. (1794 —) .
   
   2: To conceal, put in a safe or hidden place; to stow, store. (1797 —) .
   D. Runyon She must have some scratch of her own stashed away somewhere (1937). noun
   
   3:
   a: Something hidden; a cache. (1914 —) .
   Daily Telegraph Chief Insp. Newark said he was satisfied Barnes had no stashes of money hidden away (1979).
   
   b: A cache or quantity of an (illegal) drug; the drug itself. (1942 —) .
   Guardian The hairy young man in Lee Cooper jeans...asking 'Anyone seen my stash?' (1982).
   
   
   4: A hiding-place; a rendezvous; a 'pad'. (1927 —) .
   Mezzrow & Wolfe No Hotel Ritz for us this time; our stash was over some kind of feed store (1946).
   
   [Origin unknown.]
2. stash
   noun, US
   
   A moustache. (1940 —) .
   Time Sandy is a superannuated swinger, complete with stash, burns and a 17-year-old hippie on his arm (1971).
   
   [Abbreviation; cf. tash noun.]

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For a list of words related to stash, see:

• Secrecy and Concealment - stash: (vb) keep concealed for future use; (n) something so concealed
• Paraphernalia and Behavior - stash: hiding place for drugs; hidden supply of drugs

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - standse, gemme
n. - gemmested

2.
n. - moustache

Nederlands (Dutch)
wegstoppen voor later, geheime opbergplaats

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - planquer
n. - cachette, planque, provision

2.
n. - moustache

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - verstecken
n. - geheimes Lager

2.
n. - Scnurrbart

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρύπτη, κρυψώνα (κν. καβάτζα), (αργκό) κρυμμένη ποσότητα ναρκωτικών
v. - κρύβω, καταχωνιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
tesoro nascosto, metter via

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lugar (m) escondido, coisa (f) escondida em um lugar secreto
v. - guardar algo em um lugar secreto para uso no futuro

Русский (Russian)
притон, тайник, тайный запас, усы, прятать, припрятывать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - esconder, guardar
n. - escondite, cosa oculta o escondida

2.
n. - bigote

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gömställe, undangömd sak, mustasch (sl.)
v. - gömma, dölja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
藏起来, 隐藏起来, 隐藏处

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 藏起來, 隱藏起來
n. - 隱藏處

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 간수하다, 은닉하다, 치워두다
n. - 감춘 장소, 집, 은닉한 마약의 비축

2.
n. - 콧수염

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - そっとしまっておく, やめる, しまっておく, 隠しておく
n. - 隠し場所, 隠したもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مخبأ سري (فعل) يخفي شيئا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אגר, צבר, גנז (משהו) בחשאי במקום מסוים‬
n. - ‮מחבוא, מטמון‬
n. - ‮שפם‬

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