STOW AWAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hide aboard a ship or a plane to get free transportation

Example:

The illegal immigrants stowed away on board the freighter

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "stow away" is one way to...):

hide; hide out (be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

stowaway (a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage)